Factual error: During the "But, Mr. Adams" musical number, Robert Livingston says he has to return to New York because of his son being born. Livingston only had two daughters, the first being born in 1780, four years after the movie is set.
1776 (1972)
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Directed by: Peter H. Hunt
Starring: William Daniels, John Cullum, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard, Donald Madden
Benjamin Franklin: Revolutions come into this world like bastard children, Mr. Dickinson; half improvised and half compromised.
Trivia: During principal photography, Blythe Danner was pregnant with Gwyneth Paltrow. Paltrow later played Martha Jefferson's daughter Patsy in Jefferson in Paris.
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Chosen answer: By "the British Crown" he meant the king. By "the British half Crown" he was just referring to the money in use by the British at the time.
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Exactly contrasting loyalty to the country with loyalty to profit.