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The musical presentation of 1776 begins with the Continental Congress voting on whether or not to grant George Washington’s request that all militia wear matching uniforms. Although I never found evidence to support whether this issue was ever raised, much less debated, I never found evidence to the contrary either. Even though I tried tediously to find some discrepancy between the film and actual history, I was never able to do so. I was only able to find instances that I could not prove according to my research, like the example used above. This is the most historically correct film that I have ever viewed. The First Continental Congress included delegates from each of the thirteen colonies, with the exception of Georgia. They met for the first time on September 5, 1774 according to both the movie and history. The movie makes it quite clear that John Adams yearns for a vote of independence, going so far as to even have his character sing about it. According to www.ushistory.org, Adams was the “outspoken champion of independence in Continental Congress.” The movie portrays John Dickinson of Pennsylvania as being strong loyalist to King George III, which is a correct portrayal according to Nation of Nations. Also according to the film, Dickinson remained loyal to the king even when all other members of Congress voted to seek independence. He considered the Declaration of Independence to be an act of treason. Dickinson refused to sign the finished document, and he resigned from Congress. These facts were also proven according to the same text. The facts of each Congressman were accurately displayed. John Adams was a representative of Massachusetts, as well as, Caesar Rodney of Delaware, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, John Hancock and Samuel Adams of Massachusetts, Joshiah Barlett of New Hampshire, Stephen Hopkins of Rhode Island, Lewis Morris of New York, Lyman Hall of Georgia, Richard Henry Lee and Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, Joseph Hewes of North Carolina, Edward Rutledge of South Carolina, John Witherspoon of New Jersey, Roger Sherman of Connecticut, Samuel Chase of Maryland.
Approximate Word count = 1197
Approximate Pages = 4.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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