John Adams
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 17th and 18th Centuries
- Categories: Government and Politics, Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, American Revolution, Revolutionary War, Presidents, Prime Ministers
- Curriculum: American Colonial History (1607-1775), American Revolutionary History (1776-1788), American Early National History (1789-1815)
Article abstract: As a member of the Continental Congress, Adams helped bring the American Colonies to the point of independence in 1776. As one of the new nation’s first diplomats, he helped negotiate the treaty that ended the American War of Independence. He was the second president of the United States.
Early Life
John Adams was born on October 30, 1735, in Braintree, Massachusetts, where his family had lived for nearly a century. His father was a farmer and a town constable who expected his eldest son, John, to become a Congregational minister....
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