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Why Is John Adams Important

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“A government of laws and not of men- John Adams”. John Adams was a great leader of the American revolution, A founding father, and also the second president of the United States of America from 1797-1801. John adams was a strong reason that the United states or Thirteen xc colonies at the time were able to split away from Great Britain. Adams was a very educated and brilliant man that wanted to help the U.S. as much as possible including the following measures he took to become as ready as possible for what was to come. Adams Graduated from Harvard University in 1755, and later began teaching school for a couple years until he started his career as a lawyer after studying with a law firm in Worcester,Massachusetts(www.History.com). Adams …show more content…

The soldiers were being heckled and abused, yet kept their composer.Nobody knows exactly who but someone in the crowd of civilians or of soldiers yelled fire and when the smoke cleared three peoples were dead and two were wounded and later died In 1778 adams was sent on a mission to paris to secure help for the colonists. When adams returned in 1779, he became the main framer of the Massachusetts Constitution, which is the world's oldest standing written constitution. In 1783 Adams along with John Jay and Benjamin franklin were all sent to Europe to negotiate the treaty of paris to officially end the hostility between the American colonies and Britain. Doing this would show america how much patriotism and Effort Adams had towards the U.S. In March of 1797 Adams took office, but Adams presidency was soon taken up with foreign affairs due to the war being waged between Britain and France. While Washington was in office he had managed to maintain neutrality, But when Adams took office tensions escalated quickly. To settle the tension he sent a delegation to france to negotiate, yet the French refused to meet with them. The French foreign minister, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord (1754-1838), demanded a very large bribe. Adams being the stubborn man he was refused the so called deal. This event became known as the XYZ Affair, and it boosted Adams’ popularity in the states

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