John Adams

The Revolution of 1800 In 1800, the nation was faced with the decision between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams once again. The presidential election of 1800 was an intricate process that tested the ability for whether or not national leadership could peacefully pass from one political party to the other. President Adams had led the Federalist Party to a secured triumph in the past election. However, the election of 1800 steered in the rule of the Democratic-Republican Party, while leading to…

involved. The following men were the Founding Fathers of the Constitution, including: John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington. Each of these men were political leaders who were also involved in signing the Declaration of Independence. They were all involved in the Constitutional Convention that took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. John Adams is known for being the second president of the United States, but he was…

different opinions on Enlightenment. Thomas Paine, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Rush “saw it as a welcome chance for the radical act of uprooting oppressive ways of all kinds” (36). They saw Enlightenment as a bad thing, whereas John Adams and Alexander Hamilton thought it “an opportunity for a gigantic project of sorting human wisdom—identifying and conserving what was worth conserving in the best of the past while setting aside what had to be revised or replaced” (37).…

In Ecclesiastics Solomon wrote, "What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun" (Ecc.1:9, NIV). While surveying the historical presidential campaigns of George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, and modern day hopefuls, some tactics and strategies have changed, while other aspects are surprisingly quite similar. One difference is America's first three presidents did not personally campaign, rather political party newspapers,…

The Revolutionary Generation is a historical non-fiction novel written by the accredited historian Joseph J. Ellis. Founding Brothers is about the founding fathers of the United States (Hamilton, Burr, Jefferson, Madison, Franklin, Washington, and Adams) and how they formed the new nation. Together, the seven men went through many trials and periods of triumphs as they struggled to create a foundation for the new nation. Founding Brothers focuses on our founding fathers and how their…

one country. By publishing “Common Sense,” he not only influenced a major part of the American colonists, but also motivated George Washington’s officers by publishing “The American Crisis.” Even though plenty of civilians in the New World thought John Adams wrote “Common Sense,” it was Thomas Paine. Thomas Paine did other pamphlets and books even past “Common Sense.” Thomas Paine made a book called “The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology” that Paine wrote in…

Abigail Adams and John Adams was the first presidential couple to move into the White house. Abigail was unsure of the change but knows it is very beautiful and is growing to enjoy it. Although she believes that it is nice, she also thinks that the White House is unfinished and the city of Washington D.C. is still in development. The reasons that I know she thinks that it is unfinished and that Washington D.C is still in development is because she is complaining about the way it is, she…

major land acquisition during Madison’s presidency is the Monroe Doctrine of 1823. This doctrine involved East Florida, which was taken from Spain in 1819. After James Monroe’s presidency was over, began John Quincy Adam’s term. John Quincy Adams is the son of the second president John Adams. He was president while the Era of Good Feeling was going on. The major event known as the Corrupt Bargain occurred in 1824. It involved the four democratic candidates. Just as the name suggests, it was…

Abigail Adams was a women’s rights advocate who through her letters to her husband she encouraged him to “remember the ladies” in the new government (UShistory.org, 2014). The creation of a new form of government was a chance to include women as equal to men.…

America longer than they had expected because of orders. Grant endured all the harsh conditions that the Colonial army did while nit being prepared for what America had in store. John Adams was another man who managed through the trails of the war. Adams was a fairly poor man who became the head of the Board of War. Adams saw men in conflict all the time even on the same side. He believed that very few individuals understood what the men of this war were encountering. Everyone, American and…