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| 1768 | Election |  |
| Elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives
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| 1768 | Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
| Elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives
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| 1769 | Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
| Appointed Speaker to the Massachusetts House of Representatives
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| 1769 | Speaker | |
| Appointed Speaker to the Massachusetts House of Representatives
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| 1770 | Boston Massacre | |
| Mar Boston After the Boston Massacre a meeting of citizens at Faneuil Hall appoints a committee, which includes Hancock, to meet with Governor Hutchinson and Colonel Dalrymple to demand the removal of the troops
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| 1774 | Battle of Lexington | |
| April Lexington Following the battle a proclamation is issued granting a general pardon to all who would demonstrate loyalty to the crown-with the exceptions of Hancock and Adams
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| April Lexington Hancock and Samuel Adams slip away from Boston to elude capture, staying in the Hancock-Clarke House in Lexington
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| April Lexington Paul Revere supposedly rouses them about midnight before the British troops arrive at dawn for the Battle of Lexington and Concord
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| 1774 | Boston Massacre | |
| 5th Mar Boston The fourth anniversary of the Boston Massacre, gives a speech strongly condemning the British
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| 1774 | Boston Tea Party | |
| Under Hancock, Massachusetts is able to raise bands of "minutemen"-soldiers who pledged to be ready for battle on short notice-and his boycott of tea imported by the British East India Company eventually led to the Boston Tea Party
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| 1774 | Massachusetts Provincial Congress | |
| Unanimously elected President of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress, and presides over its Committee of Safety
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| Under Hancock, Massachusetts is able to raise bands of "minutemen"-soldiers who pledged to be ready for battle on short notice-and his boycott of tea imported by the British East India Company eventually led to the Boston Tea Party
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| 1774 | Minutemen | |
| Under Hancock, Massachusetts is able to raise bands of "minutemen"-soldiers who pledged to be ready for battle on short notice-and his boycott of tea imported by the British East India Company eventually led to the Boston Tea Party
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| 1775 | Continental Congress, 2nd | |
| 24th May Elected President of the Second Continental Congress, succeeding Peyton Randolph after Henry Middleton declined the nomination
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| 1776 | Declaration of Independence | |
| 4th July Hancock is best-remembered for his large, flamboyant signature on the Declaration of Independence, so much so that "John Hancock" has become, in the USA.index.html title="History of USA">United States, an informal synonym for "signature"
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| 4th July Signs the Declaration of Independence in large letters so King George can read it
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| 4th July The Declaration is adopted by the Continental Congress & signed by John Hancock
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| 1776 | Independence | |
| 4th July The Declaration is adopted by the Continental Congress & signed by John Hancock
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