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Richard Henry Lee:
You've come to the one colony that can get job done: Virginia. The land that gave us our glorious commander in chief, George Washington, will now give the congress its proposal on independence. Where Virginia goes the south is bound to follow. And where the south goes, the middle colonies go! Gentlemen, a salute to Virginia, the mother of American independence! John Adams:
Incredible, we're free and he hasn't even left yet!
You've come to the one colony that can get job done: Virginia. The land that gave us our glorious commander in chief, George Washington, will now give the congress its proposal on independence. Where Virginia goes the south is bound to follow. And where the south goes, the middle colonies go! Gentlemen, a salute to Virginia, the mother of American independence! John Adams:
Incredible, we're free and he hasn't even left yet!
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VERY WELL, JOHN. WHAT IS IT?
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THE ENTIRE SOUTH HAS JUST
WALKED OUT OF THIS CONGRESS,
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GEORGE WASHINGTON IS ON THE
VERGE OF TOTAL ANNIHILATION,
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AND THE PRECIOUS CAUSE FOR WHICH I
HAVE LABORED THESE SEVERAL YEARS...
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HAS COME TO NOTHING.
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AND IT SEEMS THAT I'M
OBNOXIOUS AND DISLIKED.
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NONSENSE, JOHN.
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THAT I AM UNWILLING
TO FACE REALITY.
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FOOLISHNESS, JOHN.
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THAT I'M PIGHEADED.
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AH, WELL, THERE
YOU HAVE ME, JOHN.
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I'M AFRAID YOU ARE PIG-HEADED.
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WELL, YES.
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OH, ABBY.
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HAS IT BEEN ANY KIND
OF A LIFE FOR YOU?
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GOD KNOWS I HAVEN'T
GIVEN YOU VERY MUCH.
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I NEVER ASKED FOR MORE.
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AFTER ALL, I AM MRS. JOHN ADAMS.
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THAT'S QUITE A LOT
FOR ONE LIFETIME.
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IS IT, ABBY? WELL,
THINK OF IT, JOHN.
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TO BE MARRIED TO THE MAN WHO IS
ALWAYS THE FIRST IN LINE TO BE HANGED.
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YES. THE AGITATOR.
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WHY, ABBY?
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Movie Summary
A musical retelling of the American Revolution's political struggle in the Continental Congress to declare independence.
Actors
John Adams
