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Family

John Adams had six children, but one, Elizabeth, was stillborn. His five living children were named Abigail, John Quincy, Susanna, Charles, and Thomas. His son John Quincy Adams become President later in 1825.

John Adams, was the eldest of three sons, his brothers being named Peter and Elihu. His wife's name was Abigail Smith Adams who was his third cousin.

His mom was Susanna Boylston and his dad was Deacon Adams.

Other Information

John Adams accomplished a lot. He served in the Continental Congress. He nominated George Washington to become commander-in-chief of the Army. He also was the one who chose Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence. Significantly, he also got Congress to vote for the Declaration. He was very influential in the early days of America.
Adams was involved in politics even before the Declaration of Independence was drafted. He was a member of the first and second Continental Congresses. John Adams was very important even before he became president. He was involved with the drafting of the Constitution and also signed the Declaration of Independence. He was one of two people who signed the Declaration to later become president.

He is one of only three presidents not to attend the successor’s inauguration.

He was inaugarated when he was 61.

His term was from (1797 - 1801)

John Adams served as vice-president to George Washington. During this time he got the Dutch government to provide large sums of money to finance the Revolution. He wished to be remembered for this act above his other accomplishments.

He served one term as President, then went home to Quincy and remained there for twenty-five years until his death. During this time his wife and his daughter both died.

When he was eighty years old he began writing a 16-volume history of France in the French language. He had taught himself French during his time in 1778, when he and his son, 10-year-old John Quincy Adams, boarded the frigate, Boston, which would take them to France. It was then that John Adams would replace Silas Deane in Congress' commission to negotiate a treaty of alliance.

Education

John Adams' dad decided before John was born that his first born son would attend college, which he did. Once he completed his preliminary course of study at local schools, John Adams attended Harvard College where he received an A.B. in 1755. After graduation, the future United States President briefly taught school in Worcester, Massachusetts. There he was influenced by attorney, James Putnam, to pursue a career in law. John studied law under Putnam and then returned to Braintree.

Life

John Adams was born in Massachusetts, the son of a farmer. His father taught him to read when he was very young, then he attended school and entered Harvard on a scholarship when he was fifteen years old and graduated when he was twenty.

After graduation he became a schoolmaster. Sometimes he would select a bright student to teach the class, and he would sit back and read or write. He soon tired of teaching and decided to start studying to become a lawyer. When he was twenty-eight he married Abigail Smith, who was his third cousin. She was nineteen years old. They had a long and successful marriage. They had four children. One of their sons, John Quincy Adams, would later become President. Abigail was the first Lady to live in the White House.

John suffered from ill health and at one point moved from Boston back to Braintree (Quincy), Massachusetts, his birthplace. He then began to commute to work and spent the rest of his time in the country with his family.

At one time when he was a lawyer, he defended the British soldiers who were put on trial after what was called the Boston Massacre. Some citizens had been killed when the soldiers fired into the crowd. No other lawyer would defend them, but John thought they should have a defender. He risked his career to do it, but it didn't seem to hurt his reputation.