Question: The second Hancock was one of the first 13 frigates of the Continental Navy, and was named for John Hancock, an American merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of which event?
Context: USS "President" was a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy, nominally rated at 44 guns.  George Washington named her to reflect a principle of the United States Constitution.  She was launched in April 1800 from a shipyard in New York City.  "President" was one of the original six frigates whose construction the Naval Act of 1794 had authorized, and she was the last to be completed.  Joshua Humphreys designed these frigates to be the young Navy's capital ships, and so "President" and her sisters were larger and more heavily armed and built than standard frigates of the period.  Forman Cheeseman, and later Christian Bergh were in charge of her construction.  Her first duties with the newly formed United States Navy were to provide protection for American merchant shipping during the Quasi War with France and to engage in a punitive expedition against the Barbary pirates in the First Barbary War. USS "Constellation" was a nominally rated 38-gun wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy.  She was named by George Washington to reflect a principle of the United States Constitution.  She was built under the direction of David Stodder at his naval shipyard on Harris Creek in Baltimore's Fell's Point maritime community, and she was launched on 7 September 1797.  She was one of the original six frigates whose construction the Naval Act of 1794 had authorized.  Joshua Humphreys designed these frigates to be the young Navy's capital ships, and so "Constellation" and her sisters were larger and more heavily armed and built than standard frigates of the period.  Her first duties with the newly formed US Navy were to provide protection for American merchant shipping during the Quasi-War with France and to defeat the Barbary pirates in the First Barbary War. Several ships of the United States Navy have been named USS "Hancock or USS "John Hancock, in honor of patriot and statesman John Hancock. Thomas Hancock (July 17, 1703August 1, 1764) was a merchant in colonial Boston.  Born to Reverend John Hancock and Elizabeth (Clark), he got his start in the book trade, and expanded into importing and exporting throughout the British Empire.  He was also a smuggler, evading the British Navigation Acts by trading with Holland, which was forbidden.  Thanks to lucrative contracts with the British government during King George's War and the Seven Years' War, Hancock became one of Boston's wealthiest men.  When his health failed, he passed his business and fortune to his nephew, future Founding Father John Hancock, whom he had raised since John was thirteen. John Hancock (January 23, 1737 [O.S. January 12, 1736] October 8, 1793) was an American merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution.  He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.  He is remembered for his large and stylish signature on the United States Declaration of Independence, so much so that the term "John Hancock" has become a synonym in the United States for one's signature. Gustavus Conyngham (about 1747 – 27 November 1819) was an Irish-born American merchant sea captain, an officer in the Continental Navy and a privateer.  As a commissioned captain fighting the British in the American Revolutionary War, he captured 24 ships in the eastern Atlantic between May 1777 and May 1778, bringing the expenses associated with British shipping to a then all-time high.  He has been called "the most successful of all Continental Navy captains". John Hancock College Prep High School (commonly known as Hancock High School) is a public four–year selective enrollment high school located in the West Elsdon neighborhood on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois, United States.  Hancock is named for American Revolution patriot and statesman John Hancock.  The school is a part of the Chicago Public Schools district. John Hancock Financial is an informal term for a United States insurance company which existed, in various forms, from its founding on April 21, 1862, until its acquisition in 2004 by the Canadian insurance company Manulife Financial.  It was named in honor of John Hancock, a prominent Patriot.  The company continues to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Manulife and its headquarters remains in Boston, Massachusetts.  John Hancock Financial Network (JHFN) is the retail distribution company of John Hancock Life Insurance Company, U.S.A., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Manulife Financial Corporation. The second Hancock was one of the first 13 frigates of the Continental Navy.  A resolution of the Continental Congress of British North America 13 December 1775 authorized her construction; she was named for John Hancock.  In her career she served under the American, British and French flags. USS "Hancock" (CV/CVA-19) was one of 24 "Essex"-class aircraft carrier s built during World War II for the United States Navy.  The ship was the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name, and was named for John Hancock, president of the Second Continental Congress and first governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.  "Hancock" was commissioned in April 1944, and served in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning four battle stars. Decommissioned shortly after the end of the war, she was modernized and recommissioned in the early 1950s as an attack carrier (CVA).  In her second career she operated exclusively in the Pacific, playing a prominent role in the Vietnam War, for which she earned a Navy Unit Commendation.  She was the first US Navy carrier to have steam catapults installed.
Answer: American Revolution