A report on John Adams

John Adams by Gilbert Stuart c. undefined 1800–1815
Adams's birthplace now in Quincy, Massachusetts
Boston Massacre of 1770 by Alonzo Chappel
John Trumbull's Declaration of Independence depicts the Committee of Five presenting its draft to Congress. Adams is depicted in the center with his hand on his hip.
The Assembly Room in Philadelphia's Independence Hall, where the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence
Adams frequently clashed with Benjamin Franklin over how to manage French relations.
Treaty of Paris by Benjamin West (Adams in front).
Adams – 1785 Mather Brown Portrait
Portrait of Adams by John Trumbull, 1793
Portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart, 1795. Washington rarely consulted Vice President Adams, who often felt marginalized and overshadowed by Washington's prestige.
1796 presidential election results
President's House, Philadelphia. Adams occupied this Philadelphia mansion from March 1797 to May 1800.
A political cartoon depicts the XYZ Affair – America is a female being plundered by Frenchmen. (1798)
Thomas Jefferson, Adams's vice president, attempted to undermine many of his actions as president and eventually defeated him for reelection.
Alexander Hamilton's desire for high military rank and his push for war with France put him into conflict with Adams.
1800 presidential election results
John Marshall, 4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and one of Adams's few dependable allies
John Adams, c. 1816, by Samuel Morse (Brooklyn Museum)
Tombs of John and Abigail Adams (far) and John Quincy and Louisa Adams (near), in family crypt at United First Parish Church
Peacefield - John Adams' Home
Thoughts on Government (1776)
John Adams by Gilbert Stuart (1823). This portrait was the last made of Adams, done at the request of John Quincy.

American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801.

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John Adams by Gilbert Stuart c. undefined 1800–1815

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Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

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American Founding Father, statesman of South Carolina, Revolutionary War veteran, and delegate to the Constitutional Convention where he signed the United States Constitution.

American Founding Father, statesman of South Carolina, Revolutionary War veteran, and delegate to the Constitutional Convention where he signed the United States Constitution.

Sarah Middleton Pinckney, portrait by Henry Benbridge
A portrait from about 1773 by Henry Benbridge
Major General Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (NYPL NYPG94-F43-419838)
1791 miniature portrait by John Trumbull
Coat of Arms of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

Though Alexander Hamilton schemed to elect Pinckney president under the electoral rules then in place, both Pinckney and incumbent Federalist President John Adams were defeated by the Democratic-Republican candidates.

portrait by Mather Brown

Abigail Adams Smith

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portrait by Mather Brown
Colonel William Stephens Smith
Abigail Adams Smith, after a portrait by John Singleton Copley

Abigail "Nabby" Amelia Adams Smith (July 14, 1765 – August 15, 1813) was the daughter of Abigail and John Adams, founding father and second President of the United States, and the sister of John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States.

Caribbean, main focus of operations during the Quasi-War

Quasi-War

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Undeclared naval war fought from 1798 to 1800 between the United States and the French First Republic, primarily in the Caribbean and off the East Coast of the United States.

Undeclared naval war fought from 1798 to 1800 between the United States and the French First Republic, primarily in the Caribbean and off the East Coast of the United States.

Caribbean, main focus of operations during the Quasi-War
Left: USS Constellation vs LInsurgente; right: U.S. Marines from USS Constitution boarding and capturing French privateer Sandwich
Benjamin Stoddert, United States Secretary of the Navy
A 20th-century illustration depicting United States Marines escorting French prisoners

However, the hostilities created support for establishing a limited naval force, and on June 18, President John Adams appointed Benjamin Stoddert the first Secretary of the Navy.

Thomas Boylston Adams (1772–1832)

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Thomas Boylston Adams (September 15, 1772 – March 13, 1832) was the third and youngest son of the 2nd president of the United States, John and Abigail (Smith) Adams.

Rear view of the birthplace of President John Quincy Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts.

John Quincy Adams Birthplace

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Historic house at 141 Franklin Street in Quincy, Massachusetts.

Historic house at 141 Franklin Street in Quincy, Massachusetts.

Rear view of the birthplace of President John Quincy Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts.

The family lived in this home during the time John Adams helped found the United States with his work on the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolutionary War.

Susanna Boylston

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Susanna Boylston Adams Hall (March 5, 1708 – April 17, 1797) was a prominent early-American socialite, mother of the second U.S. president, John Adams and the paternal grandmother of the sixth president, John Quincy Adams.

"The Resolution for Independence agreed to July 2, 1776". The marks at the bottom right indicate the 12 colonies that voted for independence. The Province of New York abstained.

Lee Resolution

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The formal assertion passed by the Second Continental Congress on July 2, 1776 which resolved that the Thirteen Colonies in America were "free and independent States", separated from the British Empire and creating what became the United States of America.

The formal assertion passed by the Second Continental Congress on July 2, 1776 which resolved that the Thirteen Colonies in America were "free and independent States", separated from the British Empire and creating what became the United States of America.

"The Resolution for Independence agreed to July 2, 1776". The marks at the bottom right indicate the 12 colonies that voted for independence. The Province of New York abstained.
Richard Henry Lee proposed the resolution on June 7, 1776.

On June 11, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston were appointed as the Committee of Five to accomplish this.

Television promotional poster

John Adams (miniseries)

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Television promotional poster

John Adams is a 2008 American television miniseries chronicling most of U.S. President John Adams's political life and his role in the founding of the United States.

Birthplace of President John Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts

John Adams Birthplace

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Historic house at 133 Franklin Street in Quincy, Massachusetts.

Historic house at 133 Franklin Street in Quincy, Massachusetts.

Birthplace of President John Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts
John Adams birthplace and the John Quincy Adams Birthplace
Birthplace of John Adams and John Quincy Adams

It is the saltbox home in which the second president of the United States, John Adams, was born in 1735.

Presidency of George Washington

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Inaugurated as the first president of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1797.

Inaugurated as the first president of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1797.

Washington's first inauguration, April 30, 1789
Washington arriving at Congress Hall in Philadelphia to take the presidential oath of office for the second time, March 4, 1793
Vice President John Adams by John Trumbull
John Jay, first Chief Justice of the United States
Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson
Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton
In leading the militia against the Whiskey Rebellion, Washington became one of only two sitting U.S. presidents to exercise battlefield authority.
Federalists used a black and white cockade as a symbol
Democratic-Republicans used a red, white and blue cockade as a symbol
Oil on canvas depiction of the Treaty of Greenville talks that ended the Northwest Indian War
The storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, marked the beginning of the French Revolution. President Washington kept the United States neutral during the conflict.
Cover of a 1795 pamphlet containing the text of the Jay Treaty
Pinckney's Treaty (effective August 3, 1796) defined the border between the United States and Spanish Florida. With this agreement, Spain relinquished its claim upon a large swath of land north of that borderline between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River.
Washington's Farewell Address
The Lansdowne portrait by Gilbert Stuart (1796)

He was succeeded by his vice president, John Adams of the Federalist Party.