John Adams Research Paper

John adams was in the federalist party 1789-1808 John adams was Born July 11, 1767, Braintree, MA John Died- February 23, 1848, Washington, D.C. John Quincy Adams was the sixth president of the United States. He was also the eldest son of President John Adams, the second U.S. president.John Quincy Adams was the eldest son of President John Adams and the sixth president of the United States. In his pre-presidential years, Adams was one of America's greatest diplomats (formulating, among other things, what became the Monroe Doctrine); in his post-presidential years, he conducted a consistent and often dramatic fight against the expansion of slavery. As a child, John Quincy Adams witnessed firsthand the birth of the nation. From the family farm,
he and his mother watched the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775. At age 10, he traveled to France with his father, who was securing aid during the Revolution. By age 14, John Quincy was receiving "on-the-job" training in the diplomatic corps and going to school. In 1781, he accompanied diplomat Francis Dana to Russia, serving as his secretary and translator. In 1783, he traveled to Paris to serve as secretary to his father, negotiating the Treaty of Paris.
During this time, John Quincy attended schools in Europe and became fluent in French, Dutch and German. Returning home in 1785, he entered Harvard College and graduated in 1787.In 1790, John Quincy became a practicing attorney in Boston. As tensions mounted between Britain and France, he supported President George Washington's neutrality policy of 1793. President Washington appreciated young Adams's support so much that he appointed him U.S. minister to Holland. When John Adams was elected president in 1797, he appointed his son U.S. minister to Prussia. On the way to his post, John Quincy traveled to England to wed Louisa Catherine Johnson, the daughter of Joshua Johnson, the first U.S. consul to Great Britain. Adams early diplomatic career, away from his father’s shadow, started in 1794, when he was appointed as the minister to the Netherlands, by the then President, George Washington.In 1797, he was posted as the minister plenipotentiary to Berlin; however, he returned to America at the behest of his father, who had lost his presidential bid in 1800. In April 1802, he won the elections and became a member of the Massachusetts State
Senate.
After serving a year in the State Senate, in 1803 Adams was elected by the Massachusetts General Court as its representative to the U.S. Senate, a post that he served on from March 4, 1803 to 1808. As a Senator, in 1807 he supported the Louisiana Purchase and the Embargo, which was a stand much different from the Federalist Party lines. His independent stand from the party ideology cost Adams his seat in the Senate.In 1809, he was appointed as the first ever minister plenipotentiary to Russia, by President James Madison.Next five years, Adams stayed in St. Petersburg, with his wife and youngest son. From there, in 1812 he reported on the Napoleon’s ambitious escapade across Europe and his failed attempt to conquer Russia.In 1812, the United States declared war against Great Britain, Adams tried to broker a deal between the two nations through Russian intermediation.The impasse between America and Great Britain continued, hence he was recalled to U.S. in 1814, so that he could negotiate the Treaty of Ghent, which he did successfully. This ended the War of 1812. In 1815, he was appointed as the U.S. epresentative to Great Britain, a position he held till 1817. In 1817, he returned to America and was appointed as the Secretary of State, by President
Monroe. During his tenure as the Secretary of State, he played an instrumental role in formulating various international and domestic policies. He was the chief negotiator of the 1819 Transcontinental Treaty with Spain. In 1821, the authoritative Report on Weights and Measures presented before the Congress was another of his major accomplishments. Besides this, he was also one of the key members behind the development of 1823 Monroe Doctrine. His run for the presidency in 1824 did not culminate in a unanimous victory, he became a minority president and his term extended from March 4, 1825, to March 4, 1829.8