Adams, Massachusetts

American Revolution leads to Civil War in America America, how we know it today, was not formed in one day, but was rather established through a series of events. Two of the greatest stepping stones in American history were the American Revolution, and the American Civil War. Although they were both two separate events, the Revolution lead to many events, such as the Constitution and the Articles of Confederation, that were primary causes of the American Civil War. The Revolution also caused…

John Adams was born, October 30, 1735 in Braintree, Massachusetts and also had two siblings, Peter Adams and Elihu Adams. John Adams grew up in a religious home with his father serving as a church deacon. He attended a private school in Braintree and he would eventually graduate from Harvard, at age 20, and receive a B.A. (Bachelor of Arts) and M.A. (Master of Arts). He married Abigail Smith on October 25, 1764 in Weymouth, Massachusetts. John Adams had been married to her for 54 years and…

Samuel Adams was born in Boston, Massachusetts on September 27th, 1722. Samuel’s dad was a successful brewer and served as a deacon for the Old and New South churches in boston. Samuel’s dad also was a Boston selectman and representative to the assembly. Samuel’s mom was also deeply religious from the teachings of Jonathan Edwards. Samuel’s childhood insisted of him surviving and 2 other children surviving out of 12 children all together. Adams and his 2 other brothers and sisters were…

Samuel Adams was born on September 27, 1722. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He later died October 2, 1803. He grew up in Boston, and in the long run helped Boston gain independence from Britain. He was in the graduating class of 1740 at Harvard College. Some people believed that Samuel Adams was a British agent because of his role as a tax collector. Before the Revolutionary War he was a failed brewer and newspaper publisher. Samuel Adams found that his true calling wasn't being a brewer…

Nathaniel Hawthorne was a fictional writer whose works were evident throughout the mid-1800’s. His father’s side of the family predominantly held Puritan beliefs and some of Hawthorne’s ancestors on his father’s side were of the first settlers of Massachusetts, which also “included a judge in the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.” (Levine, 2017) With a family history of heavy Puritan beliefs, it was inevitable that Hawthorne would be eager to dig deep into the Puritan time period and would…

John Adams Born in Quincy, Massachusetts on October 30, 1735, John Adams was the son of John Adams Sr. and Susanna Boylston Adams. John Adams Sr. was a farmer, but also participated in the local government in Quincy. In 1751, at the young age of 16, the younger John Adams received a scholarship to Harvard and graduated four years later and began studying law at the practice of a local lawyer. Then, in 1758, Adams received his master’s degree from Harvard and became a lawyer. Like other…

John Quincy Adams was born on July 11, 1767 in Braintree, Massachusetts to John and Abigail Adams. John Q Adams grew up in family of farmers but his family was also full of success. His great grandfather was a represented Braintree colonial for over forty year and a speaker of the house while his dad graduated from Harvard as a lawyer and soon after became president of the United States. As it started in 1763 Adams still had to deal with the rebellion with the American colonists against the…

Delynna Johnson History 108 Chapter 2 There were two European settlements first created in the New World; the first being Jamestown. It was founded on May 14, 1607, and there were 100 members of a joint venture called the Virginia Company. These people founded the first permanent English settlement in North America on the banks of the James River. The second settlement was Plymouth; founded on September of 1620. It was composed of around 100 English men and women, many of them were members of…

John Quincy Adams was born on July 11, 1767, in Braintree, Massachusetts, on a family farm. As the eldest son, his father and mother taught him mathematics and languages. Around the age of ten, in 1778, John Quincy traveled to many European countries such as Paris, The Netherlands, and England. He received proper schooling, at Passy Academy, where he studied dance, music, artistry, and fencing. A few years afterward, he received training in the diplomatic corps; and in 1781, he accompanied…

Abigail Smith Adams was born to William Smith and Elizabeth Quincy in Weymouth, Massachusetts on November 11, 1744. Her Father was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts on January 29th, 1706. He was a Congregational minister before he died in 1783. Her mother was born in Braintree, Massachusetts in 1721 and married in 1740 before she died in 1775. Abigail was known as “Mrs. President” due to the amount of influence and strength she portrayed as first lady of the United States. In her childhood,…