Quincy, Massachusetts

She felt woman should be highly educated to be able to provide with for her children and aid their husband throughout their success. She advised the men in her life to take advantage of the opportunities given to them but also to not forget about the women in their lives. She urged her husband to be the voice of women throughout his political career. John Adams and their son John Quincy Adams were apart from Abigail during John Adams appointment as one of the three commissioners representing the United States in…

sacrifice, it is important to understand what her life was like. Abigail’s full name was Abigail Smith Adams and she was born on November 11, 1744 in Weymouth, Massachusetts but, she died on October 28, 1818 of Typhoid fever in Quincy, Massachusetts. When Abigail was 30 years old, the Revolutionary war had started and she became very involved with it because of her husband, John Adams. Abigail had a big family in her childhood and after she was married, but is still important to recognize all of…

Born on November 11, 1744, Despite never having a formal education Abigail was very inquisitive and read many books to gain knowledge. Abigail Smith married John Adams in 1764. When John left home to be a solider, a lawyer and then president, Abigail had to take on his financial responsibilities as well as raise their 4 children. Abigail enjoyed writing so in effort to keep in contact with John that was how they communicated. According to www.biography.com, “It is believed that they exchanged…

In January of 1780, Abigail Adams writes a letter to her son and husband, while they are taking a voyage for political reasons. Adams meticulously constructs a piece of writing that emphasizes the importance of their journey and summarizes her high expectations for him. It would not be unlikely to that Adams assumes her son will follow in his father’s footsteps. Vice president at the time and the husband of Abigail Adams, John Adams, will become the second president of the United States.…

Fabulous Beard Fact: Is it a possibility that John “Grizzly” Adams’ beard made him look tougher than the bears he trapped and trained, thereby contributing to his long standing legacy of masculinity. But John Adams did not start out as the epitome of Western mountain manliness. He was born in 1812 in Medway, Massachusetts, a member of the prominent Adams family of New England. He was a distant cousin of two presidents, John Adams and John Quincy Adams, as well as Revolutionary War patriot…

protected the rights of slave owners by prohibited one state from freeing slaves who fled to them from another state. There were nearly half a million slaves in the United States upon its founding on 4 July 1776. The importation of slaves from Africa continued until 1803. Most of these slaves were located in the southernmost states of of Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia where they made up over forty percent of the population. While many of America’s founding…

Akers, Charles. Abigail Adams: An American Women. Boston: Brown, Little and Company, 1980. Abigail Adams: An American Women written by Charles W. Akers. This book was based on Abigail Adams, the wife of John Adams, the first vice president of the United States and second president of the United States, and mother of the United States’ sixth president, John Quincy Adams. The book follows her life, from her parents’ lives before she was born to meeting John and fighting for women 's…

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…

Massachusetts 1 of the original 13 colonies and one of the six New England states and is very important to the history of America and is a relatively wealthy state. Massachusetts had the thirteenth-highest gross state product in 2005. Although this state is very small, it is one of the most populated states in the US. Boston is the state capital and the largest city with a very important seaport. Massachusetts is also the homes to some of the most important people in our history today like John…

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…