John Adams was a very intelligent man of his time. He helped form a nation into what we commonly know it as today as The United States of America. The birth of this nation did not come without some difficulties along the way, but Adams and many of his friends and family like Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Abigail Adams proudly served and fought for the right to be free. Some of the most famous things he accomplished were the drafting of The Declaration of Independence, becoming the first vice president of the United States, and the second president of the United States. Without Adams and the support of the many of patriots fighting for the freedom of this nation, we might not of had the privileges we have today. What was Adams childhood …show more content…
Later, he joined a Latin school to help him prepare for college. Adams excelled at his studies and entered Harvard College Logan 3 at the age of fifteen in the year 1751. He later graduated from Harvard in the year 1755. After graduating, he started teaching at the Central School of Worcester mainly to pay for his law education. According to the John Adams Historical Society, James Putman took Adams in as an apprentice and studied law under Putman’s supervision for two years. After his two year apprenticeship Adams became a well read man in legal and political literature of the eighteenth century. In 1758 Adams was ready to practice the legal career. How did John and Abigail meet? Although John and Abigail only lived a few miles apart, they saw each other quite frequently, but their time apart was spent thinking of each other. John Adams married Abigail Smith on October 25, 1764, starting an eventful 54-year marriage. They lived on the family farm in Quincy, Massachusetts, where they raised five children. But in Lynne Withey’s book it states that John’s absence was hard for them to endure. In a biography of John and Abigail Adams it states that they exchanged over 1,100 letters filled with intellectual discussions on politics. Two of John’s letters were intercepted and published in 1775 making him hesitant to freely put his thoughts on paper. This letter writing was started …show more content…
During this time he lived in Boston and in Quincy, Massachusetts, where he wrote numerous essays over social, legal, and political issues. When the colonies started protesting against the stamp act, Adams was reluctant to play a role in this conflict. Adams did not believe in imperial leaders, but believed the colonial radicals had a hidden agenda. The hidden agenda was American Independence. Under pressure Adams, assisted the movement by writing anonymous newspaper essays and propaganda pieces. After British continued to tax the colonies, Adams started to see that the radicals had been correct about the British