Necessary Conditions Illustrated in the Life of John Adams Many people throughout history know of John Adams as being one of the founding fathers, the first vice president of the United States and as becoming the second president. However on the other hand many of them do not know of him as being also one the most important people to contribute to democracy during his lifetime from 1735 to 1826. Historic Period(s) John Adams had such an important contribution upon certain events of the United States, an example would be how in 1774, Adams served on the First Continental Congress and being one of the many alongside Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, had helped draft the Declaration of Independence. Which was stating that the thirteen …show more content…
An example of this contribution would be his education. When at the age of sixteen, Adams had earned a scholarship to attend Harvard University where on June 1755 where he was the first from his family to graduate from college. He had impressed Reverent Thaddeus Mccarty who had directed the Central School of Worcester with his commencement speech that he ended up hiring Adams as a teacher. Then on May 1780 Adams, James Bowdoin, John Hancock, and other leaders had founded the American Academy of Arts and Sciences during the American Revolution. The whole purpose was to provide a forum for group of scholars, members of learned professions, and government and business leaders so they could work together even though the democratic interests of the republic. Another example of his contribution of democracy would be justice, which was measured by the fairness of the law-enforcement policies. As being mentioned before for example the Declaration of Independence. Where the thirteen American colonies were finally independent states because they were no longer a part of the British Empire. These necessary conditions helped contributed to democracy because democracy is about equality and the society itself must also have equality which in the end is what Adams helped promote. With his education and being a