John Adams: A Brief Biography
John Adams
When John Adam died his last words were “Thomas Jefferson Survives.” John Adams was born on October 30, 1735 in Quincy, Massachusetts, and died July 4, 1826 in Quincy, Massachusetts. This biography is full of facts about John Adam’s life. In this paragraph there will be information about John Adam’s family and childhood. John Adam’s enjoyed hunting when he was a child. He also got a scholarship to Harvard University at age 16 and graduated at age 20. He studied the law in office. John Adam’s then married a woman named Abigail Smith. He had six kids, Abigail, John Quincy, Susanna, Charles, Thomas Boylston, and Elizabeth. John Adam’s was famous for a lot of reasons, in 1779 John was one of the diplomats sent to negotiate the Treaty of Paris. Which ended the Revolutionary War. In 1770, he represented the British soldiers for killing five civilians. John Adams was the second US President (1797-1801). John was the first US Vice President (to Thomas Jefferson). John Adams had a lot of interesting facts and quotes. John’s son (John Quincy Adams) was the sixth president of the US. One of John’s quotes were “Facts are stubborn things.” Another one was “People and nations are forged in the fires of Adversity.” After researching John Adam, I learned about his life and who the second president was. I learned a lot about his parents and just his family in general. I hope you learned something about John Adam’s family, childhood, why he was famous, or some facts and quotes about him. …show more content…
Ed. Biography.com. N.p., n.d.
Web. 21 Feb. 2017.
Stevens, Pasty. "John Adams." Garden of Praise. N.p., 2007. Web. 22 Feb.
When John Adam died his last words were “Thomas Jefferson Survives.” John Adams was born on October 30, 1735 in Quincy, Massachusetts, and died July 4, 1826 in Quincy, Massachusetts. This biography is full of facts about John Adam’s life. In this paragraph there will be information about John Adam’s family and childhood. John Adam’s enjoyed hunting when he was a child. He also got a scholarship to Harvard University at age 16 and graduated at age 20. He studied the law in office. John Adam’s then married a woman named Abigail Smith. He had six kids, Abigail, John Quincy, Susanna, Charles, Thomas Boylston, and Elizabeth. John Adam’s was famous for a lot of reasons, in 1779 John was one of the diplomats sent to negotiate the Treaty of Paris. Which ended the Revolutionary War. In 1770, he represented the British soldiers for killing five civilians. John Adams was the second US President (1797-1801). John was the first US Vice President (to Thomas Jefferson). John Adams had a lot of interesting facts and quotes. John’s son (John Quincy Adams) was the sixth president of the US. One of John’s quotes were “Facts are stubborn things.” Another one was “People and nations are forged in the fires of Adversity.” After researching John Adam, I learned about his life and who the second president was. I learned a lot about his parents and just his family in general. I hope you learned something about John Adam’s family, childhood, why he was famous, or some facts and quotes about him. …show more content…
Ed. Biography.com. N.p., n.d.
Web. 21 Feb. 2017.
Stevens, Pasty. "John Adams." Garden of Praise. N.p., 2007. Web. 22 Feb.