John Quincy Adams Dbq

John Quincy Adams was born to former-President John Adams and Abigail Adams in Braintree, Massachusetts on July 11, 1767. He was a dutiful man who followed in his fathers’ footsteps to Presidency at an early age. Through his extensive educational background, and his shadowing of his father while on political business, he becomes minister to various countries, and sixth president of the United States of America from 1825 to 1829. Even after his presidency, he continued his work in politics in the House of Representatives. As a child, Adams’s father was highly politically involved in foreign affairs, as he was the U.S Commissioner to France at the time; consequently, young Adams often accompanied him on his political ventures. That involved

Minister of Russia, Francis Dana, and was secretary to his father while he negotiated the Treaty of Paris in 1783. ("John Quincy Adams - People - Department History - Office of The Historian") John Quincy Adams was appointed as the U.S. Minister to the Netherlands by President George Washington, then as the U.S. Minister of Prussia by his father, after his presidential election in 1797. ("John Quincy Adams Biography Page 2") Later, he was appointed as the U.S. Minister to Russia by President James Madison in 1809 to 1814, and he ends the War of 1812 with Britain through negotiations of the Treaty of Ghent in 1814; thus, he is appointed as U.S. Minister to Great Britain from 1815 to 1817. ("John Quincy Adams - People - Department History - Office of The Historian") Then, Adams became Secretary of State to President James Monroe on March 5th, 1817, and as Secretary of State, he negotiated the Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819; consequently, “[the treaty] was largely responsible for the Acquisition of Florida and the U.S. assumption of Spain’s claim to the Oregon Country.” ("John Quincy Adams - People - Department History - Office of The Historian") Also, he wrote the Monroe Doctrine in 1823, which was used for counteracting European colonialism in the western hemisphere of the U.S. ("John Quincy Adams Biography Page 2") After his term as Secretary of State is completed, he runs for the presidential election, and becomes the sixth president of the United States of