John Adams was born on October 30 ... he recognized that a war for independence was imminent. As early as the closing of the port of Boston in 1774, Adams linked his fate to that of America ...

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson ... of history at Hamilton College, talk about Adams and Jefferson. What's the best thing about early American history? Carol Berkin: I have always thought ...

John Adams was many things: lawyer, diplomat, member of the Continental Congress, and one of the original signers of the Declaration of Independence. Adams was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, in ...

In 1788, when John Adams returned from Europe ... the same could not be said of Adams and Thomas Jefferson, then secretary of state. As early as 1791, their friendship began to erode because ...

Between 1778 and 1788, John Adams served his country as a diplomat in France, the Netherlands, and Great Britain. His independent, unbending temperament was not ideal for diplomacy, and his ...