Question

The president of the Continental Congress, _____, took charge in publicizing news of the Declaration of Independence throughout the newly declared states.

a. George Washington

b. Thomas Jefferson

c. John Hancock

d. John Adams

Answer 1

c. John Hancock

John Hancock, president of the Continental Congress, took charge of the elaborate task of informing and persuading his fellow colonists from New England to Georgia that something momentous had taken place on July 4.