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The Bomb Drops: Congress Erupts Into Hatred and Terror
The bomb just dropped.
On June 7, 1776, inside a sweltering, fly-infested Carpenters’ Hall, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia stood and changed everything. With one sentence — “these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States” — he set off an explosion of rage, fear, and raw personal hatred that nearly tore the Continental Congress apart.
John Adams leapt to his feet in triumph. John Dickinson went deathly pale, watching his life’s work of reconciliation collapse in front of him. Southern planters stared in horror at the economic ruin and slave revolts they…
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