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John Adams was born on October 30th, 1735 in Braintree Massachusetts.
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He graduated from Harvard in 1755. -
In 1764, Adams Married Abigail Smith. -
Adams because a distant leading figure in the Townshend Acts. -
Adams agreed to defend the British soldiers who fired on a Boston crowd known as the Boston Massacre. -
He was elected to the Massachusetts delegation that joined the representatives in Philadelphia at the first Continental Congress.
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This essay that he wrote in 1775 talked about how the Parliament didn't have the authority to tax the colonies or legislate them in any way.
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He drafted the Plan of Treaties that had a framework for a treaty with France.
(Declaration of Independence happened this year too.) -
He sailed to Europe with his 10-year-old son John Quincy.
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Adams came back from Europe and joined the Constitutional Convention in the summer of 1779.
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He drafted the Massachusetts Constitution in 1780, and it became a model for the other state constitutions. It also influenced the US constitution.
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Adams went back to Paris France and brought his two sons with him, Charles and John Quincy. Him and his sons were there for almost 5 years.
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He was part of the Election of 1789. He lost to George Washington and became America's first vice president. (He didn't become president till 1796) -
John Adams became the 2nd president after George Washington decided to step down in 1796.
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He sent a peace delegation to Paris to negotiate an end to hostilities, in 1797.
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Retired at 65 years old and died at 90.
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John Adams headed back to Quincy Massachusetts to retire.
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John Adams died on July 4th, 1826 in Quincy Massachusetts. It was also the Declaration Of Independence's 50th Anniversary.