Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 100 views

    John Adams: Jump To Navigationjump To Search

    Uploaded by

    Lali Hajzeri
    John Adams was an American statesman and the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. He played a leading role in the American Revolution as a signer of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and served as the first vice president under George Washington. As president, Adams faced criticism from both the Jeffersonian Republicans and some in his own Federalist party. He lost his bid for reelection to his former friend Thomas Jefferson in 1800 and retired to Massachusetts.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    John Adams: Jump To Navigationjump To Search

    Uploaded by

    Lali Hajzeri
    100 views4 pages
    John Adams was an American statesman and the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. He played a leading role in the American Revolution as a signer of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and served as the first vice president under George Washington. As president, Adams faced criticism from both the Jeffersonian Republicans and some in his own Federalist party. He lost his bid for reelection to his former friend Thomas Jefferson in 1800 and retired to Massachusetts.

    Original Description:

    John Adams

    Original Title

    John Adams

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    John Adams was an American statesman and the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. He played a leading role in the American Revolution as a signer of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and served as the first vice president under George Washington. As president, Adams faced criticism from both the Jeffersonian Republicans and some in his own Federalist party. He lost his bid for reelection to his former friend Thomas Jefferson in 1800 and retired to Massachusetts.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    100 views4 pages

    John Adams: Jump To Navigationjump To Search

    Uploaded by

    Lali Hajzeri
    John Adams was an American statesman and the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. He played a leading role in the American Revolution as a signer of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and served as the first vice president under George Washington. As president, Adams faced criticism from both the Jeffersonian Republicans and some in his own Federalist party. He lost his bid for reelection to his former friend Thomas Jefferson in 1800 and retired to Massachusetts.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    of 4

    John Adams

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Jump to navigationJump to search

    This article is about the second president of the United States. For his son, the sixth president,
    see John Quincy Adams. For other uses, see John Adams (disambiguation).

    John Adams

    2nd President of the United States

    In office
    March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801

    Vice President Thomas Jefferson

    Preceded by George Washington

    Succeeded by Thomas Jefferson

    1st Vice President of the United States

    In office
    April 21, 1789 – March 4, 1797

    President George Washington

    Preceded by Office established

    Succeeded by Thomas Jefferson

    1st United States Minister


    to the United Kingdom

    In office

    April 1, 1785 – February 20, 1788[1]

    Appointed by Congress of the Confederation

    Preceded by Office established

    Succeeded by Thomas Pinckney

    1st United States Minister


    to the Netherlands

    In office

    April 19, 1782 – March 30, 1788[1]

    Appointed by Congress of the Confederation

    Preceded by Office established

    Succeeded by Charles W. F. Dumas (acting)

    Delegate to the Continental Congress


    from Massachusetts

    In office
    May 10, 1775 – June 27, 1778

    Preceded by Office established

    Succeeded by Samuel Holten

    Constituency Second Continental Congress

    In office

    September 5, 1774 – October 26, 1774

    Preceded by Office established

    Succeeded by Office abolished

    Constituency First Continental Congress

    Personal details

    Born October 30, 1735

    Braintree, Massachusetts Bay, British America

    Died July 4, 1826 (aged 90)

    Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.

    Resting place United First Parish Church

    Political party Pro-Administration (before 1795)

    Federalist (1795–c. 1808)

    Democratic-Republican (c. 1808–1826)[2]

    Abigail Smith
    Spouse(s)
    (m. 1764; died 1818)

    Children 6, including Abigail, John Quincy, Charles, Thomas


    Parents John Adams Sr.

    Susanna Boylston

    Education Harvard University (BA, MA)

    Signature

    John Adams Jr. (October 30, 1735[a] – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, attorney,
    diplomat, writer, and Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States, from
    1797 to 1801. Before his presidency, he was a leader of the American Revolution that achieved
    independence from Great Britain and served as the first vice president of the United States. Adams
    was a dedicated diarist and regularly corresponded with many important figures in early American
    history, including his wife and adviser, Abigail. His letters and other papers serve as an important
    source of historical information about the era.
    A lawyer and political activist prior to the revolution, Adams was devoted to the right to
    counsel and presumption of innocence. He defied anti-British sentiment and successfully defended
    British soldiers against murder charges arising from the Boston Massacre. Adams was
    a Massachusetts delegate to the Continental Congress and became a principal leader of the
    Revolution. He assisted in drafting the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and was its foremost
    advocate in Congress. As a diplomat in Europe, he helped negotiate the peace treaty with Great
    Britain and secured vital governmental loans. Adams was the primary author of the Massachusetts
    Constitution in 1780, which influenced the United States' own constitution, as did his
    earlier Thoughts on Government.
    Adams was elected to two terms as vice president under President George Washington and was
    elected as the United States' second president in 1796. During his single term, Adams encountered
    fierce criticism from the Jeffersonian Republicans and from some in his own Federalist Party, led by
    his rival Alexander Hamilton. Adams signed the controversial Alien and Sedition Acts and built up
    the Army and Navy in the undeclared "Quasi-War" with France. The main accomplishment of his
    presidency was a peaceful resolution of this conflict in the face of public anger and Hamilton's
    opposition. During his term, he became the first president to reside in the executive mansion now
    known as the White House.
    In his bid for reelection, opposition from Federalists and accusations of despotism from Republicans
    led to Adams's loss to his former friend Thomas Jefferson, and he retired to Massachusetts. He
    eventually resumed his friendship with Jefferson by initiating a correspondence that lasted fourteen
    years. He and his wife generated a family of politicians, diplomats, and historians now referred to as
    the Adams political family, which includes their son John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the
    United States. John Adams died on July 4, 1826 – the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the
    Declaration of Independence – hours after Jefferson's death. Surveys of historians and scholars
    have favorably ranked his administration.

    You might also like