John Adams was elected to be the first vice president of the United States on April 21st, 1789. He was elected to be the second president of the United States in 1797 as well. John Adams grew up in Massachusetts and went to Harvard University when he was sixteen years old. After he graduated, he was twenty years old and started to study in the office of James Putnam to become a notable lawyer. In 1758, he earned a master’s degree from harvard and quickly became recognized with the patriot cause. John Adams ended up being a big part of the stamp act in 1765. He wrote a response to impose the act that was made by the British Parliament, which was published by the Boston Gazette. This showed the power he would give to support and help his country. …show more content…
The Federalists were supporters of the Constitution and always focused in on the problems of the country. For the Federalists, the Constitution was needed to protect the liberty and independence that the American Revolution had generated. This party was one of the first two political parties in the United States, and in the world. It was made as an opposition to the democratic-Republican party while Washington was President. Adams first joined the Federalists when the members caucused and choose John Adams and Thomas Pinckney as their choices for President. John adams strengthened the federalist immensely in one way they created a system of organized, and disciplined state party organizations while adopting a very important democratic electoral …show more content…
Before Adams was elected since he had a very significant reputation throughout the country. During his term as vice president it was known to be one of the most insignificant role in office. With the little power that Adams had, he used as much of it as he could. John Adams seemed to have played a more active role as president of the senate, which he also had authority over. When John Adams was elected president he had his cabinet which provided him with advice on significant events. Though, his relationship with his cabinet was poor, there were never agreements that came out of the meetings due to all of the disagreeing. There were eight prominent members in his cabinet which included Samuel Drexter, John Marshall, Benjamin Stoddert, Charles Lee, Timothy Pickering, Oliver Wolcott JR, and James