July 4th Independence Day

Question 1: Which Founding Father's impassioned writing made the case for American independence before the Continental Congress?  <br />Question 2: What was the original name proposed by John Adams for the new nation before it became the United States of America? <br />Question 3: On what street in Philadelphia did the first public readings of the Declaration of Independence take place in 1776? <br />Question 4: Which former U.S. President was born on the 4th of July, going on to have a striking career bookended by that coincidence? <br />Question 5: Amazingly, how many living U.S. Presidents in 1826 died on the 50th anniversary of I...