John adams By Cailyn46548263 1735 John Adams was born 1751 Adams got acepted into Harverd at age 15 1755 Graduated Harvard 1756 James Putnam took adams in as an apprentice Jul 4, 1776 Signed the declaration of independance 1777 Elected commissioner to France 1785 Appointed Minister to Great Britian 1789 Adams was elected vice president with Washington as president 1795 Elected 2nd president of the United states 1802 Starts writing his autobiography 1826 John adams dies