61. John Adams — History.com Articles, Video, Pictures And Facts Profile of the 2nd President includes video and audio galleries along with his biography, a timeline and transcripts of major speeches. http://www.history.com/presidents/adams

Home Topics TV Shows This Day in History ... Shop Search Follow HISTORY Promotions Holiday Gift Guide DVDs and Books US History History Club John Adams // zoneId = textEntitlement document.write(''); A A A Share ... Video John Adams (1735-1826) was a leader of the American Revolution, and served as the second U.S. president from 1797 to 1801. The Massachusetts-born, Harvard-educated Adams began his career as a lawyer. Intelligent, patriotic, opinionated and blunt, Adams became a critic of Great Britain's authority in colonial America and viewed the British imposition of high taxes and tariffs as a tool of oppression. 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 (1783), which officially ended the American Revolutionary War (1775-83). From 1789 to 1797, Adams was America's first vice president. He then served a term as the nation's second president. He was defeated for another term by Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826). More to Explore People and Groups Abigail Adams John Quincy Adams Samuel Adams George Washington ... John Hancock Themes The U.S. Presidents

62. Adams, John | Adams, John Information | HighBeam Research - FREE Trial Adams, John Research Adams, John articles at HighBeam.com. Find information, facts and related newspaper, magazine and journal articles in our online encyclopedia. HighBeam http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3437700117.html?key=01-42160D527E1B106A140D021F0

63. Massachusetts Historical Society: Adams Resources Collection of the Massachusetts Historical Society comprised of over a quarter million manuscript pages of the letters and diaries of generations of John and Abigail Adams. http://www.masshist.org/adams/

search site About MHS About The Society The Beehive: ... Call For Papers Adams at the MHS Complete List of Adams Resources expand collapse all sections Read Adams manuscripts online Adams Digital Collection details Official title: Adams Family Papers: An Electronic Archive This searchable digital collection (entitled, Adams Family Papers: An Electronic Archive ) presents images of manuscripts and digital transcriptions from the Adams Family Papers including the complete correspondence between John and Abigail Adams, the diary of John Adams, and the autobiography of John Adams. close Images and searchable transcriptions of the correspondence between John and Abigail Adams, the diary of John Adams, and the autobiography of John Adams. Diaries of John Quincy Adams details Official title: The Diaries of John Quincy Adams: A Digital Collection This digital collection presents images of the 51 volumes of John Quincy Adams' diary in the Adams Family Papers. Adams began keeping his diary in 1779 at the age of twelve and continued until shortly before his death in 1848. There are over 14,000 pages within these diaries and a date search tool is available. close Images of all the pages (over 14,000) within 51 volumes of John Quincy Adams's diary, ranging in date from 1779 to 1848.

64. ADAMS, John - Biographical Information ADAMS, John, (father of John Quincy Adams; grandfather of Charles Francis Adams; cousin of Samuel Adams; fatherin-law of William Stephens Smith), a Delegate from Massachusetts http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000039

65. John Adams Provides a biography of the second president of the United States, with links to related sites. http://www.john-adams.org/

You are in: Museum of History Hall of USA US Presidents John Adams Who was the First U.S. President? Click Here answer a two question US Presidential Survey John Adams Second US President under the US Constitution of 1787 12th President under the Perpetual Union of the United States For Information on the Ten Presidents before Washington Click Here Click on an image to view full-sized ADAMS, John, these turbulent Gallits," our numbers would in another century exceed those of the British, and all Europe would be unable to subdue us. In sending him to College his family seem to have hoped that he would become a clergyman; but he soon found himself too much of a free thinker to feel at home in the pulpit of that day. When accused of Arminiamsm, he cheerfully admitted the charge. Later in life he was sometimes called a Unitarian, but of dogmatic Christianity he seems to have had as little as Franklin or Jefferson. "Where do we find," he asks, "a precept in the gospel requiring ecclesiastical synods, convocations, councils, decrees, creeds, confessions, oaths, subscriptions, and whole cartloads of other trumpery that we find religion encumbered with in these days." In this mood he turned from the ministry and began the study of law at Worcester. There was then a strong prejudice against lawyers in New England, but the profession throve lustily nevertheless, so litigious were the people. In 1758 Adams began the practice of his profession in Suffolk County, having his residence in Braintree.

66. John Adams - Singer Songwriter Maryland singer/songwriter. John writes and performs original folk music. http://johnadamssings.com/

67. Adams, John | Define Adams, John At Dictionary.com Cultural Dictionary Adams, John definition A political leader of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries; one of the Founding Fathers . Adams was a signer of the http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/adams, john?qsrc=2446

68. USA-Presidents.Info - John Adams Provides information about and biography of American President John Adams. Includes his portrait and list of his Supreme Court appointments. http://www.usa-presidents.info/adams.htm

Site Links Home Search this site Privacy Policy Resources ... State of the Union Addresses John Adams John Adams (October 30, 1735 - July 4, 1826) was the first (1789 - 1797) Vice President of the United States, and the second (1797 - 1801) President of the United States. Order: 2nd President Term of Office: March 4, 1797 - March 4, 1801 Followed: George Washington Succeeded by: Thomas Jefferson Date of Birth October 30, 1735 Place of Birth: Quincy, Massachusetts Date of Death: July 4, 1826 Place of Death: Quincy, Massachusetts First Lady : Abigail Smith Occupation: lawyer Political Party: Federalist Vice President: Thomas Jefferson Adams was born on October 30, 1735 in what is now the town of Quincy, Massachusetts . His father, a farmer, also named John, was a fourth generation descendant of Henry Adams, who emigrated from Devon, England, to Massachusetts about 1636; his mother was Susanna Boylston Adams. Young Adams graduated from Harvard College in 1755, and for a time taught school at Worcester and studied law in the office of Rufus Putnam. In 1758, he was admitted to the bar. From an early age he developed the habit of writing descriptions of events and impressions of men. The earliest of these is his report of the argument of James Otis in the superior court of Massachusetts as to the constitutionality of writs of assistance. This was in 1761, and the argument inspired him with zeal for the cause of the American colonies. Years later, when he was an old man, Adams undertook to write out, at length, his recollections of this scene; it is instructive to compare the two accounts.

69. Adams, John: Colonial America Primary Sources Excerpt from The Diary and Autobiography of John Adams. Reprinted in Major Problems in American Colonial History. Published in 1993 http://www.enotes.com/colonial-america-primary-sources/adams-john

70. President John Adams : Health & Medical History Describes medical background of President John Adams. http://www.doctorzebra.com/prez/g02.htm

Doctor Zebra Presidential health List of Presidents Text Version The Health and Medical History of President John Adams "I have lived in this old and frail tenement a great many years; it is very much dilapidated; and, from all I that I can learn, my landlord doesn't intend to repair it." [ President #2. Timeline: Maladies small, but muscular breakfast beer respiratory infection ... Resources Maladies and Conditions Top small, but muscular Adams, as a teenager, was described by his father: "He was almost a man grown. He wasn't tall, not above five feet tall, but his shoulders were heavy. He was well knit, muscular, and quick and sure in his movements. His color was unusually high; just now his face was red from exertion, his blue eyes blazed." [ breakfast beer At age 15 Adams was admitted to Harvard, where the food was described as "very poor." His breakfasts consisted of beer and bread [ Comment: It is possible the word "beer" in the mid-1700s did not always refer to an alcohol-containing beverage. respiratory infection He developed a severe cold during the winter of his first year at Harvard. Home on winter vacation in February, his mother remarked: "He was positively puny, and where were his fine red cheeks?" [

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72. John Adams - Wikiquote Offers a collection of quotes attributed to President John Adams. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Adams

John Adams From Wikiquote Jump to: navigation search For other uses, see John Adams (disambiguation) There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty. John Adams 30 October 4 July ) was the first (1789–1797) Vice President of the United States, and the second (1797–1801) President of the United States; husband of Abigail Adams , father of John Quincy Adams Contents Sourced Diaries A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law (1765) Novanglus essays (1774 - 1775) ... edit Sourced Metaphysicians and politicians may dispute forever, but they will never find any other moral principle or foundation of rule or obedience, than the consent of governors and governed. Tis impossible to judge with much Præcision of the true Motives and Qualities of human Actions, or of the Propriety of Rules contrived to govern them, without considering with like Attention, all the Passions, Appetites, Affections in Nature from which they flow. An intimate Knowledge therefore of the intellectual and moral World is the sole foundation on which a stable structure of Knowledge can be erected.

73. Adams, John Summary | BookRags.com Adams, John. Adams, John summary with encyclopedia entries, research information, and more. http://www.bookrags.com/eb/adams-john-eb/

74. American President: John Adams Fact file, images and links to related documents, and comprehensive biographical sketch from the Miller Center of Public Affairs. http://www.millercenter.virginia.edu/academic/americanpresident/adams

75. USA: J. Adams - Novanglus, February 6, 1775 E-text from The American Revolution - an HTML project. http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/ja2/writings/novan1.htm

FRtR Presidents John Adams Novanglus John Adams Novanglus, February 6, 1775 Quote I agree, that "two supreme and independent authorities cannot exist in the same state," any more than two supreme beings in one universe; And, therefore, I contend, that our provincial legislatures are the only supreme authorities in our colonies. Parliament, notwithstanding this, may be allowed an authority supreme and sovereign over the ocean, which may be limited by the banks of the ocean, or the bounds of fur charters; our charters give us no authority over the high seas. Parliament has our consent to assume a jurisdiction over them. And here is a line fairly drawn between the rights of Britain and the rights of the colonies, namely, the banks of the ocean, or low-water mark; the line of division between common law, and civil or maritime law. . . "If then, we are a part of the British empire, we must be subject to the supreme power of the state, which is vested in the estates in parliament." an empire . It is a limited monarchy. If Aristotle, Livy, and Harrington knew what a republic was, the British constitution is much more like a republic than an empire. They define a republic to be a government of laws, and not of men. If this definition is just, the British constitution is nothing more nor less than a republic, in which the king is first magistrate. This office being hereditary, and being possessed of such ample and splendid prerogatives, is no objection to the government's being a republic, as long as it is bound by fixed laws, which the people have a voice in making, and a right to defend. An empire is a despotism, and an emperor a despot, bound by no law or limitation but his own will; it is a stretch of tyranny beyond absolute monarchy. For, although the will of an absolute monarch is law, yet his edicts must be registered by parliaments. Even this formality is not necessary in an empire. .

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77. John Adams: Inaugural Address, March 4, 1797 | AMDOCS: Documents For The Study O The inaugural address of John Adams in Philadelphia in March 1797. http://www.vlib.us/amdocs/texts/03adam3.htm

Return to: AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History John Adams INAUGURAL ADDRESS IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1797 The first Vice President became the second President of the United States. His opponent in the election, Thomas Jefferson, had won the second greatest number of electoral votes and therefore had been elected Vice President by the electoral college. Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth administered the oath of office in the Hall of the House of Representatives in Federal Hall before a joint session of Congress. The zeal and ardor of the people during the Revolutionary war, supplying the place of government, commanded a degree of order sufficient at least for the temporary preservation of society. The Confederation which was early felt to be necessary was prepared from the models of the Batavian and Helvetic confederacies, the only examples which remain with any detail and precision in history, and certainly the only ones which the people at large had ever considered. But reflecting on the striking difference in so many particulars between this country and those where a courier may go from the seat of government to the frontier in a single day, it was then certainly foreseen by some who assisted in Congress at the formation of it that it could not be durable. Negligence of its regulations, inattention to its recommendations, if not disobedience to its authority, not only in individuals but in States, soon appeared with their melancholy consequences universal languor, jealousies and rivalries of States, decline of navigation and commerce, discouragement of necessary manufactures, universal fall in the value of lands and their produce, contempt of public and private faith, loss of consideration and credit with foreign nations, and at length in discontents, animosities, combinations, partial conventions, and insurrection, threatening some great national calamity.

78. JohnL.html Biography, extracts from the family bible and additional notes. http://www.mcadamshistory.com/JohnL.html

John Loudon McAdam John Loudon McAdam was the son of James McAdam and Susanna Cochrane, the niece of the 7'th Earl of Dundonald. John Loudon was the youngest of 10 children, but the only surviving male from the main line of the Waterhead family. His older brother, James was a Capt. in the military and died in the South Seas when John was about 7 or 8 years old. John Loudon McAdam was born in Ayr, Scotland in Lady Cathcart's house in the Sandgate, on September 21, 1756. The McAdam of Waterhead's residence at that time was Lord Carthcart's house in Ayr until 1760 when the family built a new residence and moved to Lagwyne. The Lagwyne Castle, now in ruins, is located on the outskirts of Carspairn, Scotland and was part of the property on the Waterhead estate. James McAdam had moved the family residence from Waterhead to Lagwyne because it was more accessible. Shortly after the family moved into the new residence at Lagwyne it burnt to the ground. James and Susanna were away on business in Edinburgh when the Castle burnt down. A fire from the fireplace is said to have started the fire. John Loudon narrowly escaped the fire only to be rescued by the family

79. Moffat Town Website, Scotland - People - John Loudon MacAdam Short biography with portrait. http://www.dalbeattie.com/moffat/people/macadam.html

Moffat Town :- John Loudon McAdam, Engineer Return to :- [ Moffat Homepage Moffat Server Index Description Where We Are ... History ] [People] Attractions Events Where To Stay Where To Eat ... James Boswell J.L. McAdam Thomas Telford Robert Burns James Hogg Charles Lapworth ... Mora Dickson John Loudon McAdam, Road Engineer (1756-1836) : Portrait from 1800, gravestone erected 1836. Click on images for larger pictures John McAdam was born in Ayr, but lived for the last part of his life in Moffat, and is buried there. His name is preserved in 'Tarmac', the name given to a version of his most successful discovery about road metalling. He became the tenant of Dumcrieff Farm in Moffat Water in 1790; a staunch Royalist, though settled for a time in America, he came home during the American Revolution. Despite initial doubts, the macadamisation of London was begun in 1824, granite cobbles being broken up to provide the necessary gravel, with excellent results. American visitors to London later reported that the later upkeep of the roads had not been as good, but the work so started carried on and eventually gave London some of the best streets in Europe. Although McAdam was remarkably successful in constructing roads that lasted, the conventional wisdom of Telford was small stones on large. Telford built mail roads up to Holyhead and to Stranraer, as is told in the page on him. The expense of his cobbled roads was against Telford, as was the point of McAdam that frost-heave (freeze/thaw stone movement) inevitably brings large stones to the surface through the smaller stone, as does traffic vibration.

80. John Loudon MacAdam Concise illustrated biography. http://www.electricscotland.com/history/other/macadam_john.htm

Significant Scots John Loudon MacAdam John MacAdam was born in Ayr in 1756. When he was fourteen he moved to New York and made his fortune working at his uncle's counting-house. On his return to Scotland in 1783 MacAdam purchased an estate at Sauchrie, Ayrshire, and started experimenting with a new method of road construction. When he was appointed surveyor to the Bristol Turnpike Trust in 1816 he remade the roads under his control with crushed stone bound with gravel on a firm base of large stones. A camber, making the road slightly convex, ensured the rainwater rapidly drained off the road and did not penetrate the foundations. This way of building roads later became known as the Macadamized system. As a result of his success, MacAdam was made surveyor-general of metropolitan roads in England. By the end of the 19th century, most of the main roads in Europe were built in this way. John MacAdam died in 1836. The first macadam surface in the United States was laid on the "Boonsborough Turnpike Road" between Hagerstown and Boonsboro, Maryland. By 1822, this section was the last unimproved gap in the great road leading from Baltimore on the Chesapeake Bay to Wheeling on the Ohio River. Stagecoaches using the road in winter needed 5 to 7 hours of travel to cover 10 miles.

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