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** John Hancock's flyswatter.
* [[Self-Deprecation]]: "Good God, consider yourselves fortunate that you have [[John Adams]] to abuse for no sane man would tolerate it!"
* [[Self-Plagiarism]]: Adams basically accuses Franklin of this after one too many epigrams:
{{quote|'''Adams:''' I've got better things to do than listen to you quote yourself!
'''Franklin:''' No, that was a new one!}}
* [[Shown Their Work]]: A book on the play notes what parts were accurate, what parts were left out, and what parts were admittedly fudged for the sake of the narrative.
* [[Smart People Know Latin]]: Edward Rutledge, although in this context it's more a marker of social class. Col. McKean mistakes it for French.
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* [[Welcome Episode]]: Dr. Lyman Hall's arrival at Congress allows the audience to meet all the remaining (important) members of the cast.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: All the damn time to Adams. And he always deserves it, too. "Molasses to Rum" is this for the entire North.
* [[Written by the Winners]]: Alluded to by Franklin in one of his witticisms:
{{quote|Rebellion is ''always'' legal in the first person -- "''Our'' Rebellion". It's only in the third person -- "''Their'' rebellion" -- that it becomes illegal.}}
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