 |
| John Adams |
 |
| Treaty of Paris 1783 |
 |
| George Washington |
John Adams was the first vice president of the United States of America From 1789 to 1797 . Adams then served a term as Americas second president. John Adams was president from 1797 to 1801. Adams was born on October 30, 1735 in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was a remarkable thoughtful man who studied law at Harvard in 1751. During the 1770s, he was a delegate to the Continental Congress. In the 1780s, Adams served as a diplomat in Europe and helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris in 1783, which officially ended the American Revolutionary War which occurred from 1775 to 1783. John Adams was important because he was one of our founding fathers and George Washington's successor. Adams confirmed to be one of the many leaders of the nation after George Washington's reign.
Adams's a Federalist high visibility as vice president put him as the leading contender for President in 1796 against Thomas Jefferson. John Adams received most of his support from New England and won 71 to 68 in the Electoral College. Jefferson as a runner up became vice president. John Adams became president of the United States of America on March 4, 1797. When he entered office there was war between France and Britain. The British caused difficulties for U.S on high seas and intense partnership among contending factions with the nation. Adams hoped to avoid open war so he sent delegation xyz in an event known as the XYZ affair. In this event they hoped to work out a problem and create a treaty. This event made the Federalist very popular which was important because Adams was not a really favored president. However it failed as tensions still occurred and an undeclared naval was known as Quasi War occurred.
During the Quasi War in 1798 four bills were passed by the Federalist in congress. They were signed by John Adams and it gave him the power to imprison or depot aliens suspected of activities or posing a threat to the national government. Long negotiations ended the Quasi war however had lost the popularity of the federalist which is Adams was defeated for another term by Thomas Jefferson.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
It seems like George Washington was more important;however, John Adams helped him by being his vice president.
ReplyDeleteJohn Adams was vice president during Washington's first and second presidential terms, and this was because he received less votes than him (which automatically made him vice president).
ReplyDeleteLike John Adams, John Dickinson studied law.
ReplyDeleteJust like John Adams, Patrick Henry was a chair in the Continental Congress, he wanted to break away form the British rule as well.
ReplyDeleteAlthough Adams was the second President, his term did not seem as productive as Washington's.
ReplyDeleteEven though John Adams was a Federalist he was hated by Alexander Hamilton and Adams did right in trying to avoid war.
ReplyDeleteJohn Adams was the cousin of Samuel Adams, which demonstrated the prominent role of this family for American Indepedance
ReplyDelete