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John Adams

            
             It is an extraordinary thing to have revolutionary ideas at a time when the government strictly limited the freedoms of it's citizens. It is another feat all together to be able to fearlessly express these ideas when your life is at risk. John Adams was able to do this incredible action repeatedly throughout his lifetime. He proved countless times that he was an irreplaceable leader in the quest for American independence from England. It was Adams" unique ability to think independently and express his ideas with honesty and courage that distinguishes him as one of America's greatest leaders and a deserving candidate for the Philadelphia Liberty Medal. .
             John Adams was an independent thinker who didn't conform to British thought. When the Stamp Act was introduced, colonists were enraged , but still many stood loyal to Britain while their "unalienable rights" were slowly taken away. Adams demonstrated his way of thinking independently by speaking out against his mother country and later signing the Declaration of Independence. John was able to recognize injustices at a time when colonies didn't rebel or act out against their mother country. To the English and most loyalists, Adams may have seemed like an ingrate or rebellious child, but he knew his cause was just and therefore he never surrendered when his opinions weren't popular. .
             This principal of Adams" is not only found in his actions to separate the colonies from England but also in domestic issues within his colony of Massachusetts. John defended the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre, when they were some of the most detested beings in all of New England. Adams was their lawyer because he believed they were only following orders and therefore not guilty. His dedication won the case for these two Englishmen. John Adams would defend a British or American based on morals and not politics. Not only would he proclaim his sometimes unpopular ideas but he did so truthfully and with bravery.


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1. John Adams

One year after the marriage of Susanna Boylston and John Adams (known as Deacon John), the union was blessed with a son John Adams whom was named after his father on October 19, 1735. ... Abigail (Nabby) the first child born and following with John Quincy, Charles and Thomas Adams. John Adams first publication was A Dissertation on the Canon and the Feudal Law. ... John Adams was dead. ... John Adams believed, with all his heart, that no effort in favor of virtue was lost. ...

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2. John Adams

John Adams the second President of the United States was born in Braintree Massachusetts on October 30, 1735. The oldest some of his father John Adams, who was a farmer and Susanna Bolyston Adams. ... In 1761 John Adams began to feel patriotic. ... John Adams father had passed away and because he died John gained a place in the Braintree Town Meetings; this began Johns political career. ... Sam Adams invited John to a meeting for the Caucus Club. ...

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3. John Adams

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4. John Quincy Adams

If anyone was raised to take on the role of the president of the United States, then that person was John Quincy Adams. ... His father, John Adams, studied law at Harvard College, and married Abigail Smith in 1765. On July 11th, 1767, the couple gave birth to their second child, John Quincy Adams. ... Adams served as a law clerk while being trained as an attorney and, although he found he disliked practicing law, John Quincy opened a law office on Court Street in Boston in 1790. ... John Quincy Adams will never be regarded as one of the great presidents of history, but rather as a great politi...

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5. John Q Adams

John Adams had three remarkable careers in his lifetime. ... Adams was born in Quincy, Mass. on October 30, 1735. ... His parents were both fond of reading, wrote John and give him a good education. ... John Adams' presidency that lasted from 1797 to 1801 was a troubled one. Adams made many contributions during his term. ...

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6. John Adams Paper

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7. Abigail and John Adams

When she was twenty years old, she was married to John Adams, who was thirty-one at the time, in 1764. ... John Adams, on the other hand, was born on October 30th, 1735 in Norfolk, MA. His father was John Adams and his mother was Susanna Boylston Adams. ... John had five children with Abigail Adams and became president in 1797. ... John Adams died on July 4th, 1826 in Braintree, MA. ...

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8. John Adams

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9. Abigail and John Adams - Family Letters on Revolutionary Matters

This position is clearly articulated by Abigail Adams to her husband John Adams, the future second president of the United States, in a series of letters that began in March of 1776 and continued through August of 1783. ... The excerpts from the private correspondence between Abigail Adams and her husband John Adams that are presented in For the Record span a period of seven years when the couple was separated due to the Revolutionary War. ... Adams to John Adams on March 31, 1776 she first addresses the subject by attempting to appeal to the larger political concept on which the colonies had...

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