MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS FROM ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS TO XYZ AFFAIR
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He was a member of the Second Continental Congress.
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He served as president of the Constitutional Convention.
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He represented the United States as a minister to England.
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He was the first vice president.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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. During the Revolutionary War he served in France and Holland in diplomatic roles, and helped negotiate the treaty of peace.
Detailed explanation-2: -John Quincy Adams, Son of John Adams Adams returned to Massachusetts in 1785 and entered Harvard College, graduating two years later. He then studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1790, after which he set up a law practice in Boston. Did you know?
Detailed explanation-3: -John Adams, then serving as Ambassador to Great Britain, missed the Constitutional Convention, but actively participated from across the Atlantic Ocean. In 1787, he published his persuasive Defense of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America, which restated his case for a balanced government.
Detailed explanation-4: -Fun Facts. Adams wrote thousands of love letters to his wife during their marriage, some of which are still displayed in museums today. The second president was the first president to live in the White House. Adams was 90 when he died-the longest living president until Ronald Reagan, 178 years later.