John+Adams

"John Adams ." 1. 30 Jan 2009 .


 * Born October 30th 1735
 * Died july 4th 1826
 * He ws the second president
 * Served two terms as vice president
 * Born in massachusettes
 * During the Revolutionary War he served in France and Holland in diplomatic roles
 * 1785 to 1788 he was minister to the Court of St. James's
 * lasts words were "Thomas Jefferson Survives"
 * Adams became President during the war between the French and British
 * Federalist
 * graduated from harvard
 * married to abagail smith
 * Unitarian
 * Massachusetts delegate to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia
 * He was the head of the committee that drafted the declaration of independence
 * Adams gave Thomas Jefferson the task to write the declaration
 * Author of the Constitution for the State of Massachusetts
 * First vice president
 * Father of the U.S Navy
 * Father of the Sixth President

"John Adams Biography ." 3 Feb 2009 http://americanhistory.about.com/od/johnadams/p/padams.htm.


 * Five Children
 * He was a Teacher
 * Terms Served 1
 * His Vice President was thomas jefferson
 * He was the first President to live in the white house
 * While he was in office the Alien and Sedition Acts were Passed
 * Served on Continental Congress
 * Diplomat To the netherlands
 * John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on the same day, 4 July 1826
 * American liberty was divinely symbolized by the coincidence of their deaths
 * Agitator of the Stamp Act
 * XYZ Affair
 * His presidency is one of the most hard in U.S history
 * Served on the Second Continental Congress
 * "He embodied in thought and action the principles of the Revolution in a way unmatched by any other American of that great generation."
 * had an ability to determine the direction in which America needed to go
 * willing to suffer unpopularity when higher principles were at stake
 * Loyal to his principles
 * "Adams was frequently put in situations where it would have been easier to follow the path of least resistance and evade, compromise, rationalize, turn the other cheek, walk away, or just surrender. But he never did."
 * John adams was honest

"John Adams 'Atlas of American Independence." 3 Feb 2009 .


 * demanding and strict work ethic
 * Author Of Declaration
 * No family has contrubuted to American history then john adam's
 * a rhetorical tour de force
 * "Quasi-War"
 * sending a peace mission to France
 * a thinking revolutionary
 * "A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law"
 * "principles of liberty"
 * Liberty, for Adams, meant freedom from foreign domination
 * Adams had three theories on Political architechture first, representation instead of direct democracy; second, a separation of the legislative, executive, and judicial powers; and third, a mixture and balance in the legislature between the monarchical, aristocratic, and democratic social elements that Adams thought natural to all societies.
 * He was a leading voice in Boston radical politics
 * drafted America's first Model Treaty
 * Rival Federalist with Alexander Hamilton
 * multitudes of writings
 * no monument to Adams in the Mall in Washington
 * he had two younger brothers
 * Constitutional Convention
 * defended the rights of the people
 * Foreign affairs

"John Adams ." 3 Feb 2009 .


 * Devotaed to the preservation of freedom
 * First President to ever have a son become president
 * published a series of newspaper essays
 * Adams wrote a protest against the stamp act
 * Stood up against unbelivable odds for freedom
 * 1769 Amams wins his first case
 * Seems to be forgotten behind the heroism of Washington
 * More known for political tactics rather than war
 * Loved to write kept lots of diarys
 * Adams had no use for slavery but knew he could not allow the Declaration to sink or swim on the issue. He chose to first get the independence, get the nation together, and then come back and deal with slavery later
 * least appreciated
 * most effective advocate of American independence
 * a farmer who cut his own wood and pitched his own hay
 * observer of human personality
 * who in their ambition for public service are not motivated by greed and power
 * Oldest Son
 * named after his father
 * his father was a deacon of the Congregational church
 * well-to-do family
 * Had said to have been the closest thing to a dictator america has had