USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -I am honored to represent the colony of Massachusetts of the Declaration of Independence Committee. The colonies are angering me by going against my laws. It is an honor and a great responsibility to write this statement of independence for the people of America. I have many interests in this life.

Detailed explanation-2: -Adams was a Massachusetts delegate to both the First and Second Continental Congresses. He was a leading proponent of independence from Great Britain, and served on the five-man committee (which included Thomas Jefferson) assigned to draft the Declaration of Independence.

Detailed explanation-3: -To sum up: people have an inherent right to liberty, and if the government doesn’t fulfill its duty to protect that right, then it should be replaced. Adams basically published the core idea of the most famous paragraph of the Declaration of Independence, a decade before that document was written.

Detailed explanation-4: -In May of 1776, he offered a resolution that amounted to a declaration of independence from Great Britain. He was shortly thereafter a fierce advocate for the Declaration drafted by Thomas Jefferson.