The Life of John Adams

  • 1735

    1735

    John Adams was born
  • 1761

    1761

    admitted to the Massachusetts bar
  • 1764

    1764

    John Adams was married and then moved to Boston.
  • 1770

    1770

    He was elected to the Massachusetts Assembly
  • 1774

    1774

    John Adams was chosen one of 5 to represent the colony at the First continental congress.
  • 1775

    1775

    He nominated George Washington to be the commander in chief on the on the colonial armies.
  • 1776

    1776

    he offered a resolution that amounted to a Declaration of Independence from Britain.
  • 1781

    1781

    John Adams participated with Franklin, Jay, and Laurens in the development of the treaty of paris and was the signer for that
  • 1783

    1783

    The revolutionary war ended.
  • 1789

    1789

    He was elected vice president under George Washington
  • 1796

    1796

    John Adams was elected president
  • 1801

    1801

    He retired from office and was elected president of convention to reform the constitution of Massachusetts in 1824 but declined.
  • 1826

    1826

    John Adams died on July 4th 1826 with a few hours between the death of Thomas Jefferson.