“Mother please! I do not want to leave,” cried John Hancock.
“You must. It is the only way you will be able to become something in Boston or anywhere else,” his mother said sadly. As he sat in the back of the small carriage looking back he tried not to cry as he remembered what had happened in the last couple of sad days. John, only seven at the time, was so sad when his father died. He was sent to live with his wealthy uncle. He was a merchant that supplied people in many of the colonies as well as some in England. As he got older Christian values were strongly taught in addition to his study at the Boston Latin School. After finishing at Harvard in 1754 he continued to help his uncle and took over his company upon his death. Being one of …show more content…
He loved what America was beginning to stand for and what it would become. John Hancock has always been in the shadows when we think of American heroes of the Revolution. He lacked the Washington’s character, and Adam’s intellect. He affected the country and the revolution in many ways not always on purpose, but he also had some great ideas and plans that were critical to successfully secede. He was not commemorated until almost a decade after Washington for his efforts (CRE,322). This can be such an encouragement to others and show that you don’t always have to look for recognition to do something. For Hancock he not only was commemorated but gained a huge amount of money as well. This prize did not come easy though. John Hancock was just so focus on the wellbeing of his people that others did not see the change in him until his final years. He was taught so much whether it was dining with men of importance in England or charging the British redcoats in Massachusetts or building a document of treason. God truly was with him. Just another example of God’s control over our complex