John Adams: A Hero Or Vice-President?

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October 25,1764: Abigail Smith marries John Adam
Richard Cranch, a friend of Abigail’s, starting bringing John Adams with him to the family library. This is how Abigail met John, at first they did not get along quite well. He thought Abigail was a wit, who lacked in tenderness and Abigail thought he spoke too much. As his vistas became frequent, they both slowly began to find something attractive about each other. After John graduated Harvard in 1755, he decided to study law. At twenty-six with rapidly growing law practice, he married Abigail. Marrying John Adams was significant to Abigail because this was the start of their 54-year exigent but a winsome journey. John was able to unravel Abigail like no other. He supported her early feminist beliefs even though it was
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June 17,1788: John and Abigail arrive in Boston to hero’s welcome:
When Abigail and John returned to Boston after living in Europe, they were greeted with thousands cheering from the dock and church bells pealed until sundown.He was honored as a hero for all the sacrifices that both Abigail and John had made for America.

April 12,1789: John is officially elected as
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Once again Abigail faced separation from John and would once again pack her bags and move out to New York with him. Once, John had become vice- president , Abigail had many visitors, who came to pay respects to the vice president’s wife. She began to worry that, living as the wife of the vice-president would change her in subtle ways to she made sure that her sister, Mary, would tell if she began to change. John becoming vice-president was only the start of this journey for both Abigail and

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