John Adams and the Contenential Congress

On of our families favorite movies is 1776. In fact, when my children were growing up, one of our 4th of July day celebrations each year, was to watch the movie as a family. I felt it helped my children to understand why we are celebrating that day. It came with mixed reviews. At this point (they are adults) they either hate or love that movie. What it did for me, is that for the first time in my life, I realized they these people were real men, that had different personalities, and views that should be done. I found that they didn't just get together and say "let's declare Independence!" The section in the John Adams book I read with great excitement, as some of the text used in the movie was almost exactly the same as in the book. However, the chapters added more depth of understanding of what was happening, and how he felt about how people looked upon him and how he thought they looked upon him.