In the last year of his term, Adams would move to Washington on November 1st, 1800, and lived there for about five months. Legacy John Adams supported building a strong defense system and remains ...

John Adams was born on October 30, 1735, in Braintree, Massachusetts. His father, a farmer and deacon, hoped that Adams would enter the clergy, but his Harvard professors thought his propensity ...

If John Quincy Adams had retired after his service in the administration of President James Monroe, his reputation might ...

Between 1778 and 1788, John Adams served his country as a diplomat in France, the Netherlands, and Great Britain. His independent, unbending temperament was not ideal for diplomacy, and his ...

John and Abigail Adams hung Washington’s picture in the White House. It was famously saved from almost certain destruction by first lady Dolley Madison during the War of 1812 when the British ...

But if Jefferson was the poet of the early republic’s civic identity, John Adams was its driving force ... appealed to the lessons of history, the legacy of British liberties, and the guarantees ...