John Quincy Adams

  • Born

    Born
    The day John Quincy Adams was born.
  • calling of the first continental congress

    calling of the first continental congress
    calling of the first continental congress
  • Sister born

    Sister born
    Year his sister was born
  • accompanied

    accompanied
    At 14 years old he accompanied Francis Dana
  • return

    return
    came back to America and enrolled in Harvard
  • his law career starting

    his law career starting
    make head way with George Washington
  • Met George Washington

    Met George Washington
    He met George Washington on his birthday.
  • wife born

    wife born
    John Quincy Adams wife Louisa Catharine Adams was born
  • dad presidency

    dad presidency
    The day his dad got elected as president
  • married

    married
    Got married to Louisa Catharine Johnson Adams
  • war

    war
    war of 1812
  • 12th amendment

    12th amendment
    As specified in the Twelfth Amendment, the House of Representatives holds a contingent election to elect a president
  • vote

    vote
    Adams got 13 Jackson got 7 and Crawford got 4
  • inaugurstion

    inaugurstion
    Adams makes his inaugural address
  • presidency

    presidency
    gets elected
  • captain porter

    captain porter
    captain porter Court-martialed
  • Jackson

    Jackson
    Tennessee Legislature nominates Jackson for the 1828 election
  • Father Dies

    Father Dies
    Thomas Jefferson and John Quincy Adams both died.
  • port closed

    port closed
    All American ports closed
  • St. Petersburg

    St. Petersburg
    St. Petersburg Convention to the Ghent Treaty is Proclaimed [this event is noted in 1827 State of the Union Message
  • trade

    trade
    MFN trade system growth of rights
  • Adams enumerates

    Adams enumerates
    Adams enumerates many surveys under way for roads and canals. Called again for creation of a naval academy. Calls for Congress to manage the disposal of public lands.
  • tariff act

    tariff act
    Signs the Tariff Act of 1828
  • terms over

    terms over
    Returned to normal life with out being president
  • Sworn presidency

    Sworn presidency
    Jackson got sworn 7th president
  • congress

    congress
    served in congress from 1830 till death
  • Served

    Served
    served as a U.S. congressman
  • traveled

    traveled
    At the age of seventy-six, in 1843, Adams also traveled to Cincinnati to officiate at the laying of the cornerstone of the Cincinnati Observatory.
  • ended

    ended
    Time ended as U.S. congressman
  • Dead

    Dead
    Day of death