What were the accomplishments of john hancock

The first signatory to affix his signature on the U.S. Declaration of Independence.

A prosperous merchant politician.

One of the leading figures of the American Revolution who even spent his personal wealth for the Independence movement.

the answer is b.2008 and 2012 were presidential election years.

in mcculloch v. maryland (1819) the supreme court ruled that congress had implied powers under the necessary and proper clause of article i, section 8 of the constitution to create the second bank of the united states and that the state of maryland lacked the power to tax the bank.

gibbons v. ogden, (1824), was a landmark decision in which the supreme court of the united states held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to congress by the commerce clause of the united states constitution, encompassed the power to regulate navigation.