MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS FROM ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS TO XYZ AFFAIR
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Harvard
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Yale
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William and Mary
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he didn’t attend college
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Detailed explanation-1: -John’s school work improved and he entered Harvard in 1751, a year older than the usual student at that time. Adams graduated in 1755 with Bachelor of Arts degree.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -He graduated from Harvard College in 1787, studied law for three years with Theophilus Parsons in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and then practiced law in Boston. Adams’ own diplomatic career began in 1794 when President Washington appointed him minister to the Netherlands.
Detailed explanation-4: -Adams was born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1735. A Harvard-educated lawyer, he early became identified with the patriot cause; a delegate to the First and Second Continental Congresses, he led in the movement for independence.