When Virginia delegate Richard Henry Lee introduced the motion for independence on June 7, 1776, Adams had to choose. Would he vote for independence or seek a peaceful solution? John Adams ...

Adams could barely contain [his criticism]."— Historian Joseph Ellis On May 15, 1776, the delegates to the Continental Congress passed John Adams' resolution "to declare the United Colonies free ...

Of all the words that spilled from Abigail Adams' pen, none are more famous than those of March 31, 1776. With her husband ... the very rhetoric of John Adams and his compatriots who were leading ...