Overview
Colonial representatives gather in Philadelphia with the aim of establishing a set of governmental rules for the burgeoning United States. Benjamin Franklin and John Adams charge Thomas Jefferson with the task of writing a statement announcing the new country's emancipation from British rule.
Cast
- William Daniels as John Adams
- Howard Da Silva as Dr. Benjamin Franklin
- Ken Howard as Thomas Jefferson
- Blythe Danner as Martha Jefferson
- Donald Madden as John Dickinson (PA)
- John Cullum as Edward Rutledge (SC)
- David Ford as Congressional President John Hancock (MA)
- Ron Holgate as Richard Henry Lee (VA)
- Emory Bass as James Wilson (PA)
- Virginia Vestoff as Abigail Adams