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Birth
He was born in Braintree Massachusetts on October 30th 1735 -
Education
John attended a dame school, a local school taught by a female teacher that was designed to teach the rudimentary skills of reading and writing, followed by a Latin school, a preparatory school for those who planned to attend college. He eventually excelled at his studies and entered Harvard College at age fifteen during the years 1751-1755, and he got in with a scholarship -
Father's Death
On May 25th John Adams father did during the influenza epidemic. He received an inheritance including property adjoining and the family home -
fun facts
Adams wrote thousands of love letters to his wife during their marriage, some of which are still displayed in museums today. The second president was the first president to live in the White House. Adams was 90 when he died—the longest living president until Ronald Reagan, 178 years later. -
Marriage
He got Married to Abigail Adams on October 25, 1764, and Abigail Smith first met John Adams when she was 15 years old. Abigail Smith married John Adams, a young lawyer starting an eventful 54-year partnership -
Adams first child
John and Abigail's first child, Abigail Amelia ("Nabby"), is born -
The birth of John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams was born July 11, 1767, and he is John Adams most important son because he later on became a president himself. 2 fun facts are that he was quiet, liked to read, and may have suffered from depression. also he became a lawyer without going to law school -
Father of American Independence
He helped his new country avoid war with France during his single term in office and he's remembered today as the “Father of American Independence.” Adams was also one of the few Founding Fathers who did not own enslaved people -
Signing of the declaration of Independence
Adams was a very active member of congress, he was engaged by as many as ninety committees and chaired twenty-five during the second Continental Congress. In May of 1776, he offered a resolution that amounted to a declaration of independence from Great Britain -
Military Experience
During the Revolutionary War he served in France and Holland in diplomatic roles Between the years 1778 and 1788. His independent, unbending temperament was not ideal for diplomacy, and his diplomatic triumphs were offset by feelings of alienation. -
Him and his wife's 5-year separation
Returning from his first appointment in April 1778, John Adams was sent France in November 1779, beginning a five-year separation as Abigail Adams and the children (except John Quincy, who travelled with his father) remained in Massachusetts. They were finally reunited in France in 1784. -
Military Experience
he helped negotiate the treaty of peace through the years 1780-1782 -
helped America keep away from France
During his presidency, Adams' main accomplishment was keeping the United States out of war with France. France and Great Britain were at war and both wanted help from the US. The American public was divided. Some wanted to support France because France helped the US during the American Revolution. -
John Adams moves
The agreement had been signed on February 6, 1778, before Adams had left for France. His mission, to negotiate an alliance with the French was accomplished before he even set foot on continental Europe. Travelling overland, Adams arrived at Paris on April 8 -
Jobs or Careers
He was twice elected vice president, serving from 1789 to 1797 in a prestigious role with little power -
Being Vice President
He was twice elected vice president, serving from 1789 to 1797 in a prestigious role with little power. -
Mississippi Territory.
On This Day April 7, 1798, Congress created the Mississippi Territory. The territory's original boundaries consisted of the region bounded by the Mississippi and Chattahoochee rivers in the west and east, the 31st parallel in the south, and the point where the Yazoo River emptied into the Mississippi River in the north. -
Alien and Sedition Acts
On June 18, 1798, Congress approved the first of four acts that collectively became known as the Alien and Sedition Acts. These four acts became the most bitterly contested domestic issue during the presidency of John Adams. -
Date elected to office
The presidency of John Adams, began on March 4, 1797, when John Adams was inaugurated as the second president of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1801. As a member of the Federalist Party, Adams decided to run for the presidency. He lost and became Vice-president to George Washington during both terms (1789-1792) (1793-1796). In 1796, he decided to run yet again for the presidency. He won the election and was president at the age of 61, and his vice president was Thomas Jefferson -
Date he left office
The presidency of John Adams, began on March 4, 1797, when John Adams was inaugurated as the second president of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1801. Adams, who had served as vice president under George Washington, took office as president after winning the 1796 presidential election. -
XYZ Affair
The XYZ Affair was a diplomatic incident between French and United States diplomats that resulted in a limited, undeclared war known as the Quasi-War. U.S. and French negotiators restored peace with the Convention of 1800, also known as the Treaty of Mortefontaine. -
Programs or laws developed
A series of laws known collectively as the Alien and Sedition Acts were passed by the Federalist Congress in 1798 and signed into law by President Adams. These laws included new powers to deport foreigners as well as making it harder for new immigrants to vote. -
the eleventh amendment
The Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is declared in full force by President Adams. It stipulates that federal courts shall not have the jurisdiction over litigation between individuals from one state against individuals from another state. -
XYZ Affair exposed
President Adams exposes the XYZ affair, providing Congress with letters from the peace commission indicating French efforts to bribe and intimidate U.S. officials seeking to speak with French diplomat, Charles Maurice Talleyrand. The reaction was one of outrage and intimidation. -
john Adams decision to support the acts
Ellis voices the opinion of most modern historians when he calls Adams' decision to support the acts "unquestionably the biggest blunder in his presidency." During a two-week period starting on June 18, 1798, the majority Federalist Congress passed four acts collectively known as the Alien and Sedition Acts -
Retirement
Adams retired to his farm in Quincy. Here he penned his elaborate letters to Thomas Jefferson. Here on July 4, 1826, he whispered his last words: “Thomas Jefferson survives.” But Jefferson had died at Monticello a few hours earlier. -
Wife's death
In October 1818 Abigail contracted typhoid fever. Surrounded by family members she died on October 28. John Adams and his wife had shared fifty-four years of happiness and companionship, and the second president was moved by Abigail's death to write, "I wish I could lay down beside her and die too -
his son john Quincy Adams becomes president
On February 9, 1825, John Quincy Adams was elected as president without getting the majority of the electoral vote or the popular vote, being the only president to do so -
John Adams death
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on the same da, July 4, 1826. Both were old men Adams was 90, and Jefferson was 83, and both were ill though Adams had been in comparatively robust health until just a few months earlier and Jefferson had been ill for an extended period. He died in Quincy Massachusetts. -
John Adams Funeral
He was buried 1306 Hancock Street, Quincy, Massachusetts. Both John Adams and John Quincy Adams and their spouses are entombed in a basement crypt of the United First Parish Church shown in the five photographs above. The three photographs below are taken inside the crypt.
