Why Is John Adams Bad

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John Adams was a smart man and grew up to become a very, very important and popular man in U.S. history. It all started when Susanna Boylston and John Adams Sr. , his parents, decided to have a kid and named him John Adams. He was born in Quincy, Massachusetts. The day was October 30, 1735.
John Adams was a very respectful and polite kid. He was Homeschool and taught how to read by his parents Sometimes you go to the neighbor's house to learn and he soon started to attend classes at a local school. John’s mom came from a respected family of doctors and raised him well. John Adams wanted to grow up and be a farmer just like his dad. But his faith didn't lead him up to doing anything like that . John really feared his father and didn't want to make a mistake in front of him or disappoint him. His father was also a deacon
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He was a great philosopher and was very intelligent. Him being so intelligent him and the other founding fathers started to realize that they shouldn’t be being taxed by Great Britain. In the 1760s John Adams started challenge Britain's authority over colonial America. He told Great Britain that they should be taxing them when they live a whole different cartoon it and I shouldn't be having to pay the price for the war they caused.
He then married Abigail Adams on October 25th, 1764. He then had six kids with Abigail and he was married to her for 74 years. He never committed adultery on her and was a loyal and determined husband. John Adams and his wife set over 1,100 letters back and forth to his wife. His patriotism and and Job kept him away from his family a lot of the time so he sent many letters to friends and family. John Adams son Quincy, Became president March 4th 1825 and only served one term. He named his son John also, like his father

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