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In 1774, I was elected president of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress, which declared itself an autonomous government. In December of the same year, he was chosen as a Massachusetts delegate to the Second Continental Congress, which served as the governing body of the United States during the American Revolution.

my revolutionary activities made him a target for British authorities. In 1775, he and fellow patriot [|Samuel Adams] avoided arrest in Lexington, Massachusetts, after [|Paul Revere] (1735-1818) made his legendary nighttime ride to warn them the British were coming. in 1774 and 1775 i was president of the first and second provincial congresses, and shared leadership of the Massachusetts Patriots. He was president of the Continental Congress from 1775 to 1777, and was elected Massachusetts governor in 1780. He served in Congress under the Articles of Confederation in 1785–1786 and then returned to the governorship, dying during his ninth term.