John Adams was written by David McCullough and published in 2001. The book won McCullough’s second Pulitzer Prize a year after its publication date. Due to its popularity, HBO transformed the award-winning book into a seven part TV miniseries, which aired during the months of March and April in 2008.…
I agree with Samuel Adams letter to James Warren because its actually realistic then George Washington quote from discussion board 1 back in September revolved around why history matters. "No people tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued , when knowledge is diffused and virtue is preserved. On the contrary, when people are universally ignorant, and debauched in their Manners, they will sink under their own weight without the Aid of foreign invaders." At first I did not get the last phrase but when i went back and read it I believe from my perspective that it is saying we do not need society or the government to make us do anything. Some of us are naturally ignorant to where it goes in one ear and out the other to the…
A love story of two people which is Abigail and John Adam who intimated thousand of letters. Abigail and John Adams was one of the most famous people in the United States. They both have been exchanging amounts of letters to themselves since 1761. The exploration of the famous couple led to encounter occuring in the Parlor of the Pastor’s house and an exchange of amount of intimate letters. This exchange impacted their early life, their marriage, and political involvement.The reason why the Adam’s family had an impact in their early life, their marriage and political involvement is because they are reminded as the famous Adam’s family, they wrote many letters for years about continental congression, and how their lives changed when John married Abigail.…
Fake new has been shared worldwide with people since 1769. “In 1769, John Adams gleefully wrote in his diary about spending the evening occupied with "a curious employment. Cooking up Paragraphs, Articles, Occurrences etc. - working the political Engine!"Adams, along with his cousin, Sam, and a handful of other Boston patriots, were planting false and exaggerated stories meant to undermine royal authority in Massachusetts.”(Parkinson) This false news is being shared with the purpose of hoping to hurting someone or something. “It said that American forces had discovered bags containing more than 700 scalps of people living in the country that were taken by Indians who were partnered with King George of…
John Quincy Adams was born on July 11, 1767, in Braintree, Massachusetts. He is the oldest son of all the children that John Adams, the second United States President, and Abigail Adams had. He traveled to France with his father at the age of 10. He received training in the diplomatic corps and went to school when he was 14 years old. Adams accompanied diplomat Francis Dana to Russia, serving as his secretary and translator in the year of 1781. He then traveled to Paris as his father’s secretary, debating the Treaty of Paris in 1783. At the same time, he attended school in Europe and became really fluent with French, Dutch, and German. He returned home and entered Harvard College in 1785 and graduated in 1787.…
In the story "John Adams and the Coming of the Revolution”, author David McCullough discusses how John Adams was asked to defend the British soldiers in court of the soldier’s accusation of man slaughter, following the Boston Massacre. Being such a problematic case that could ruin his reputation, John Adams accepted to defend the soldiers because of his experience in difficult cases, and his strong principles and beliefs. John Adam’s reputation did not even tarnish because of how skillfully he handled the case gaining the respect of the people of Boston.…
John Adams was our second president serving from 1797-1801. John Adams was educated at Harvard College studying law after his graduation. John Adams made good decisions like creating are Navy and bad decisions like the Alien and Sedition Act. Thing he helped with and did more with include XYZ Affair, Foreign Affairs, and more. The XYZ Affair is a mistake that occurred between the U.S. and France in 1797. Foreign Affairs are matters having to do with international relationships. John Adams was the six best president because he was against slavery, an outstanding wise political person and faced America’s first problems.…
Abigail Adams was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts on November 11, 1744. In a prominent and wealthy family descended from Puritan leaders, as well as successful merchants (Parks 1). She had not formal schooling because of illnesses and the limited options to females during Colonial times. How Abigail learned was from her family’s library, the company of relatives, visitors, and the guidance of her grandmother. Her vast knowledge comes from studying Shakespeare to Locke, from Plato to French (Parks 1). During this time period like Abigail picked up two habits: letter-writing and Congregational faith. Letter-writing would be essential in influencing the American Revolution. At the bottom is an image of Abigail Adams birthplace and childhood home.…
John Adams, born on October 30, 1735, in Braintree, Massachusetts, was the first vice-president and the second president of the United States. He was also a very influential person in America. Although he wasn’t really the most famous president, he contributed to many aspects throughout his presidency and political career. Most of his contribution includes his writings, speeches and essays, his part in the office, and his role in the signing of important documents.…
John Adams was born into a comfortable life, but not a wealthy one. He came from a family of farmers located in Massachusetts; he was born October 30 1735. John 's father was also the deacon in the Congregational Church in their tidy little New England village, and besides farming earned a living as a shoe maker. John grew up your average child, spending all of his time outdoors, hating school, hunting and fishing; John was even caught skipping school to go hunting and fishing on the norm. John later said in his life he would have been just as happy and actually preferred to have been a farmer due to the love of the outdoors. John 's father was the one who wished him to get a quality education…
After losing his second term to Jefferson, John Adams returned to his neglected farm in Quincy, Massachusetts. He had traded “honors and virtue for manure.” It would seem that he could finally find peace, away from the political field. But he didn’t, nor could he. Adams brought anguish on himself. Abigail seen him one day working with hired hands, mumbling curses at past political opponents, Hamilton chief among them, Jefferson a close second. While Adams came up with quite a few colorful description about Hamilton, his rage with Jefferson was completely different. While both Hamilton and Jefferson were political rivals, Jefferson had betrayed Adams’s friendship and personal trust. Adams’s complex feelings towards Jefferson were expounded…
Studying at the University of Dallas in Irving, Texas (named after Washington Irving, the first man to write Christopher Columbus’ biography) in 2013 opens students’ minds to being liberal arts thinkers constantly and efficiently. With that, comes learning about Saint Thomas Aquinas in Philosophy courses and even in other courses such as Literary Traditions, Economics, Modern Languages, Psychology and American and Western Civilization courses. There is always…
On November 20, 1772, Samuel Adams, one of the Founding Fathers, delivered a report from the Committee of Correspondence to the Boston Town Meeting called “The Rights of the Colonists” (CITE!!!) In it, Adams discusses the rights of the colonists as men, Christians, and subjects.…
Although the Founding Fathers were creating a government for the first time, they knew that it should consist of a democracy. They trusted it should be a government between anarchy and tyranny, to please the majority of the country. John Adams believed that they should strive for government that would naturally…
"Let us contemplate out forefathers, and posterity, and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us from the former, for the sake of the latter. The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance. Let us remember that 'if we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom. ' It is a very serious consideration that millions yet unborn may be the miserable sharers of the event."…