In 1761 John Adams began to feel patriotic. A new King had been appointed in England and a new writ of assistance had to be chosen and approved by the Massachusetts Colony’s Sup

e of Commons repealed the Stamp Act. After the Stamp Act was repealed it took about three months for the news to travel to Boston. When the news hit Boston it reduced the anti-parliament fever that was going through Boston. Luckily for Adams after changing his career from law to writing protests against the Stamp Act he returned to his law practice after the Stamp Act was repealed. In 1769 Adams had won in his first case, he was successful in having charges dropped against wine smuggling for his client, the richest man in Boston John Hancock.

of his health, but the next day Sam Adams tried to get him to speak again, but still he refused. Then in 1773 the decision that brought John back into politics was that the Crown would pay the salary of the Superior court justices of the colony. In January John published a seven-page essay just of criticism towards the British ministry’s decision. His arguments didn’t get much out of the public.

erior Court. John Adams father had passed away and because he died John gained a place in the Braintree Town Meetings; this began Johns political career. Some of the first things John had done was making his brother deputy Sheriff and to bar amateurs from practicing law. In 1765 The Stamp act was becoming the big thing, The Stamp Act was issued in March Grenville expected to collect over 60,000 pound in one year from it. The Act forced colonists to buy a tax stamp that cost from half a penny up to 10 pounds. This Act was taxing any thing a colonist was buying, not matter what it was it was being taxed. John began to write and publish a series of news paper essays titled “ Dissertation On Canon and Feudal Law.” Before John had even finished his essays the news of the Stamp Act had already shown its face !

in public. Because the Stamp Act was already out to the public John used his last essay to attack the Stamp Act, by just totally denouncing it. Braintree elected John to protest against the Stamp Act. At first John was very doubtful about writing protest against the Stamp Act, but his cousin Samuel Adams assured him that Boston will recognize his work. John was still unsure but he wrote in his diary that he became a lawyer with having to deal with poverty and few if any friends to help him, and now it seems as though the Stamp Act is conspiring to ruin his law practice. John did agree to write the protests and by writing these Boston did recognize his work. Sam Adams invited John to a meeting for the Caucus Club. This was a political organization. John was very impressed of what went on and what was said in this meeting. It was a smoky filled room that was filled with the future revolutionari

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