What did Hancock do?

Answer 1

John Hancock was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Governor. He also inherited the family business and estate because his uncle, Thomas Hancock, who owned a shipping business, died. He was the president of the Continental Congress from May 24, 1775 to October 31, 1777. He was also the 1st and 2nd governor in Massachusetts from October 25, 1780 to January 29, 1785. He had $350,000 at the time of his death, being one of the richest men of Massachusetts. He was also a merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. Before the American Revolution, John Hancock was one of the wealthiest men in the Thirteen Colonies. As tensions between colonists and Great Britain increased in the 1760s, John Hancock donated his money to support the colonial cause. John Hancock was one of Boston's leaders when the Revolutionary War started in 1775. He was elected governor of the Commonwealth, doing that job for the most of his remaining years. When he had resigned as governor in 1785, John Hancock was again elected as a delegate to the Continental Congress, now known as the Confederation Congress. In January 1788, John Hancock was elected as president of the Massachusetts Ratifying Convection, but he was ill and not present when the convection began. John Hancock was put forth as a candidate in the 1789 presidential election, but he didn't campaign or even express interest in the office. So, he knew George Washington would be the first President of the United States. John Hancock was interested in being vice president, despite his bad health. John Hancock only received four votes in the Presidential Election, all four of them not from his home state. The Massachusetts electors all voted for John Adams, who became vice president.