How Did John Adams Contribute To Government

John Adams was born on October 30, 1735. He grew up with his parents and two siblings. His parents were John Adams Sr. and Susanna Boylston. He had two brothers Elihu Adams and Peter Adams. Adams grew up farming in Massachusetts with his family. He grew up in the tidy little world of New England. His father was a deacon in the Congregational Church and was a shoemaker. At fifteen Adams was admitted to Harvard University.

There were fifteen people in his class. Adams started a tradition of going to school and college that is still continued today. He graduated from Harvard in 1755 at age twenty. Adams taught school for many years while studying law with an attorney. Adams later began his career in 1758. Later he became Boston’s most prominent …show more content…
Adams became the second president in 1796. During his presidency, Adams would help other countries in war because they would interfere with the U.S. government. John Adams had many ideas about how the president should do things. He once wanted the president to be addressed as “His Highness”. Adams participated in one of the most nastiest presidential campaigns in America.

On October 25, 1764, Adams married Abigail Smith his third cousin, five days before his 29th birthday. They had six children; Abigail, John Quincy, Susanna, Charles, Thomas Boylston, and Elizabeth. Adams found himself away from home quite often, which made Abigail unhappy. Adams son John Quincy became the sixth president. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson became good friends.

When Adams was a delegate to the continental congress, where he nominated George Washington to lead the continental army. He also nominated Thomas Jefferson to draft the Declaration of Independence. Adams defended a British soldier after the Boston Massacre. Adams also spoke out against the Townshend Act. He was a critic of the Stamp Act. Adams went to Europe as a delegate from the continental congress. He settled many things with Britain and Paris. He was one of the diplomats sent to negotiate the treaty of Paris, which ended the revolutionary

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