He served more than two years in the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, and he was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence in his position as president of Congress. He returned to Massachusetts and was elected governor of the Commonwealth, serving in that role for most of his remaining years.
"(2) monitoring persons suspected of endangering national security" was something that the federal government did in <span>response to Cold War tensions after World War II and again in response to the September 11, 2001,
terrorist attacks.</span>
