Interesting Facts John Adams was the second president. John Adams was said to have held the first firework display at the White House. John Adams loved to walk, fish, and he also loved to read. John Adams had a horse as a pet. Her name was Cleopatra. He was one of the oldest presidents. He died at the age of 90. Adams was the first president to live in the White House because George Washington never lived in the White House.
Abigail Adams is most famous for reminding her husband, John Adams, in a letter to him at the Constitutional Convention, "Don't forget the ladies”. His nickname was Father of the American Navy. He defended the redcoats in the Boston Massacre. He practically wrote the Massachusetts Constitution. John Adams signed the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798. These pieces of legislation were unpopular because they limited free speech and dissent. This was taken very seriously because free speech was valued very much by the American people.
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