| CAST OF CHARACTERS | ||
| Speakers | ||
| for the declaration | against the declaration | |
| John Hancock, President | Edward Rutledge | |
| Richard Henry Lee | John Dickinson | |
| John Adams | George Walton | |
| Roger Sherman | Robert Morris | |
| Benjamin Franklin | ||
| Samuel Adams | ||
| Joseph Hewes | ||
| Patrick Henry | ||
| Thomas Jefferson | ||
| Charles Thomson, Secretary | ||
| Other Members of the Congress | ||
| Josiah Bartlett | Oliver Wolcott | |
| Stephen Hopkins | Elbridge Gerry | |
| William Floyd | William Hooper | |
| Charles Carroll of Carrollton | Benjamin Rush | |
| Samuel Chase | Richard Stockton | |
| Benjamin Harrison | Thomas McKean | |
| Lyman Hall | Caesar Rodney | |
| Additional Characters | ||
| General Washington and his Army | ||
| Fifer Drummer Little Boy | } | Leading the Army in "The Spirit of '76" |