John Adams Influence

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In 1797 John Adams was an American patriot who became the first vice president and served as the second presidents of the U.S.. John Adams between 1778 to 1788 was also a representative in Massachusetts to the Continental Congress. John Adams was born on October 30, 1735, in a city of Massachusetts called Braintree but today is called Quincy. He was only at age sixteen when he earned a scholarship to go to Harvard University. At age twenty, after graduating in 1755, John Adams studied law from James Putnam who was a prominent lawyer. Then in 1758 he earned his master’s degree from Harvard and was granted consent by a particular court system to a lawyer to practice law. John Adams was a political but he didn’t really think politically he wrote and read to solve problems. John Adams’ role in the writing of the …show more content…
It was during 1797 that John Adams sent three men to France to represent the U.S. Peace Commission, they didn’t accept them unless they paid in order to speak with the French Minister Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord. This affected the relationship Franch and the U.S. had between them. “On various occasions, four agents, later called W, X, Y, and Z by President Adams, contacted the Americans. They demanded an apology for insulting remarks made by Adams and wanted loans to the French government along with some $25,000 in bribes for French officials in return for talks with Talleyrand. Further, they implied war would result if the Americans did not meet the demands” (millercenter.org). In John Adams early life, just before he turned 29 he married his third cousin and had six children. He was often away from his family but after the presidency he quietly live with his family on a farm in Quincy. He still continued to write and have a close relationship with Jefferson. They then both died July 4th, 1826. John Adams son then becomes the seventh president of the United