He wrote to Abigail that "the second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America." The ...

Last time in these pages, I wrote about the sharp division within George Washington’s Presidential administration, that between Alexander Hamilton, founder of the Federalist Party, and Thomas ...

John Adams, 30 Oct 1735 - 4 Jul 1826 Exhibition Label Of all the Founding Fathers, John Adams was perhaps the most intellectual and accomplished. ... No obstante, utilizó el puesto como vía hacia la ...

When Mary Wollstonecraft's book on recent French political events was published in 1794, John Adams already knew first-hand about revolution. He read the book for the first time in 1796, and ...

When Washington chose not to run for a third term in 1796 Adams ran for the high office and won becoming the nation’s Second President. While in office, Adams’ most notable accomplishment was ...

Among his many accomplishments, John Adams wrote the 1780 Massachusetts constitution, signed the 1783 Treaty of Paris, and served for three years in the Continental Congress, before becoming the ...

John Adams, the nation’s first vice president, called it “the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived.” In 1796, with George Washington’s endorsement, Adams ...

The Adams family’s commitment to these principles did not end with John Adams. His son, John Quincy Adams, carried his father’s torch into an era marked by one of our nation’s most painful ...

In 1788, when John Adams returned from Europe to a hero's welcome, he came home to limitless possibilities. ... played a significant role in the election of 1796.

Lesson Plan: Historic Presidential Elections - 1800 - John Adams vs Thomas Jefferson Clip 1 Clip 2 Clip 3 Clip 4 Clip 5 Clip 6 Clip 7 Clip 8 Clip 9 Clip 10 Clip 11 Clip 12 Clip 13 Clip 14 Clip 15 ...

In “Making the Presidency,” Lindsay M. Chervinsky argues that John Adams established what it means to be America’s commander in chief. John Adams in the early 1790s, when he was the first ...

Can the fraught relationship between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams help heal our own hyper ... It started with the election to succeed George Washington in 1796, when Adams narrowly defeated ...