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John Adams was born in a Massachusetts bay colony on October 30, 1735.
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John Adams was admitted to the Boston Superior Court Bar on November 6, 1758.
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John Adam's father dies during an influenza epidemic.
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The treatie of Paris ends the French and Indian War.
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King George III signs the Proclamation 1763, which forbids colonial expansion into North America's Western territories.
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John Addams marrys Abigail Smith.
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British Parliament passes the Revenue Act of 1764. (Also known as the Sugar Act)
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Parliament passes the stamp act, the first direct tax on the American colonies.
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John Adams and his wife, Abigail Smith have their first Child. They named her Abigail Amelia Adams.
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The Stamp Act is repealed on this day, Instead Parliament passes the Declaratory Act, which asserts its authority to make laws for the colonies "in all cases whatsoever."
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John Adams and Abigail Smith have their first son, John Quincy Adams.
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Parliament sends 4,000 British Troops to Boston in response to the protest against British taxation in Massachusetts.
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John Adams and Abigail Smith have their second daughter, Susanna Adams.
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The Boston Massacre occurs when British soldiers open fire on a mob and kill five colonists.
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The Boston Tea Party is newest argument between the king and the colonists.
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British troops sent to seize colonists' gunpowder clash with the the Massachusetts Militia in Lexington and Concord. British leaders wonder if this is the beginning of a revolution.
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Adams seconded the resolution of independence introduced by Richard Henry Lee that "these colonies are, and of a right ought to be, free and independent states."
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Appointed president of Congress' Board of War, Adams becomes a virtual Secretary of War.
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Congress formally adopts the Declaration of Independance.
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Abigail Smith gives birth to Elizabeth Adams on John Quincy's tenth birthday.
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The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, written by Adams, is adopted.
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John Addams became the first Vice President for President George Washington.
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John Addams Becomes the President of the United States
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John Adam's mother, Susana Boylsten Adams dies.
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John Adams died on July 4, 1826 when he was 91 years old.