History Heartwarming / SeventeenSeventySix

* The end of "High, Fiddle, Fiddle," when Adams and Franklin wander off with their arms around each other.

* Near the end, Washington sends one more dispatch. He's about to go into battle in New York. His army is outgunned, outclassed and outnumbered five-to-one. His closing: "How it will end only Providence can direct. But, dear God, what ''brave'' men I shall lose before this business ends!" Thompson is so overcome he can barely get the words out. Doubles as a {{tearjerker}}.
* Meta: The ''other'' Broadway musical about snarky, flawed Founding Fathers, ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'', is performed in the same theater as ''1776''. Songwriter and original actor for Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda, offered to arrange tickets for William Daniels, original and film actor for John Adams. Daniels refused, and insisted he'd pay for his tickets, because he knows they're watching the profit margins!
** Daniels did go to see Hamilton, and [[https://twitter.com/Lin_Manuel/status/713843222540324864 took a photo with Miranda]].

* Abigail's saltpeter arrives in Philadelphia. In kegs tied with ribbons and bows. Right after she's talked John out of the dumps.

** Honestly, any and every scene involving John and Abigail qualifies. Driven home when John appeals to her, "Abigail... come to Philadelphia. Please come," and then later with her reminder to him about his definition of "commitment".
** It was ''John'' who sent for Jefferson's wife to help Jefferson get out of his depression...

* "Gentlemen of the Congress, I say ye, John Dickinson!"
** It should be remembered that Dickinson has literally spent ''the entire movie'' disparaging Adams, who stands up and shows respect to him anyway.

* During the debate over the Declaration, Adams praises it to the skies and protests every single individual edit made to it, insisting it's moving, poetic, and a "masterful expression of the American mind." He respects Jefferson's talents and abilities so much, and is ridiculously protective of his work. It's particularly heartwarming given that, in later years, he and Jefferson will often be fighting a lot over how to govern the new country, though eventually they come (back) around to being VitriolicBestBuds.
* The end of "High, Fiddle, Fiddle," when Adams and Franklin wander off with their arms around each other.

* Meta: The ''other'' Broadway musical about snarky, flawed Founding Fathers, ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'', is performed in the same theater as ''1776''. Songwriter and original actor for Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda, offered to arrange tickets for William Daniels, original and film actor for John Adams. Daniels refused, and insisted he'd pay for his tickets, because he knows they're watching the profit margins!

* During the debate over the Declaration, Adams praises it to the skies and protests every single individual edit made to it, insisting it's moving, poetic, and a "masterful expression of the American mind." He respects Jefferson's talents and abilities so much, and is ridiculously protective of his work.

-->'''Abigail''': Don't stop writing. It's all I have.
-->'''John''': Every day, my ''dearest friend.''

* When Caesar Rodney, mud-spattered, exhausted and seriously ill, returns to Congress to cast his crucial vote for American independence. When he walks in [I]everyone[/I], regardless of where they stand on the issue, stands up in respect for him.

* During the debate over the Declaration, Adams praises it to the skies and protests every single individual edit made to it, insisting it's moving, poetic, and a "masterful expression of the American mind." He respects Jefferson's talents and abilities so much, and is ridiculously protective of his work.

-->'''Abigail:''' Compliments of The Concord Ladies' Coffee Club, and The Sisterhood of the Touro Synagogue, and The Friday Evening Baptist Sewing Circle, and the Holy Christian Sisters of Saint Claire, all for you! John! I am as I ever was and ever shall be...yours! Yours! Yours! Yours!

* The saltpeter arrives in Philadelphia. In kegs tied with ribbons and bows. Right after she's talked John out of the dumps.

** This exchange between John and Abigail:
--->'''Abigail''': Don't stop writing. It's all I have.
--->'''John''': Every day, my ''dearest friend.''

* Near the end, Washington sends one more dispatch. He's about to go into battle in New York. His army is outgunned, outclassed and outnumbered five-to-one. His closing: "How it will end only Providence can direct. But, dear God, what ''brave'' men I shall lose before this business ends!" Thompson is so overcome he can barely get the words out. Doubles as a {{tearjerker}}.

* "Gentlemen of the Congress, I say, 'Yea, John Dickinson.'"

--->'''Abigail''': Write to me, John. It's all I have.

* The saltpeter arrives in Philadelphia. In kegs tied with ribbons and bows.

* "Gentlemen of the Congress, I say, 'Yea, John Dickinson.'"

** It was ''John'' who sent for Jefferson's wife to help Jefferson get out of his depression...

** Honestly, any and every scene involving John and Abigail qualifies. Driven home when John appeals to her, "Abigail... come to Philadelphia. Please come," and then later with her reminder to him about his definition of "commitment".