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    John Adams was the leader of the American revolution.He was also the second president of the United States and the first vice president.He served as president from 1797 to 1801‚Thomas Jefferson being his vice president. He was born on October 30 1735 and died at the age of ninety on his bed at July 4 1826 during independence day. John Adams was born in Massachusetts on the family farm.He studied law in Harvard and graduated in 1755 and began his career as a lawyer in 1758 and became one of

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    The first dilemma conveys about how President John Adams solves the problem of how to protect American ships from French and British attacks. The attacks first started when France found out that America was making the Jay treaty with Britain. France though of this as America breaking their alliance and trying to make peace with France’s enemy. Since America was a new country and pretty weak it was easy for Britain and France to take advantage of them and impress their sailors. This is similar to

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    John Adams was written by David McCullough and published in 2001. The book won McCullough’s second Pulitzer Prize a year after its publication date. Due to its popularity‚ HBO transformed the award-winning book into a seven part TV miniseries‚ which aired during the months of March and April in 2008. David Gaub McCullough was born in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania in the summer of 1933. While a young man‚ McCullough had many career choices‚ ranging from architect‚ actor‚ painter‚ writer‚ to lawyer. In

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    rights. Abigail Adams fought for the rights of women and the African Americans. To begin‚ Abigail Adams made a plea for women’s rights. Women were considered inferior to men‚ and they did not have any rights to vote or own property. Most women cooked‚ did the laundry‚ and nursed the sick soldiers in the battles. Some women even disguised themselves as men and fought in the battles. Abigail believed that women should be treated equally because they have the same potential as men. Abigail expressed

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    John Adams: Join or Die The title of the show I watched was Join or Die‚ a part of the John Adams series shown on HBO in 2008. The director of this series was Tom Hooper‚ who won an Emmy Award in 2006 for his directing of another miniseries. The major stars of Join or Die in the John Adams series were: Paul Giamatti (playing John Adams)‚ Laura Linney (playing Abigail Adams)‚ and Danny Huston (playing Samuel Adams). This series gives insight into John Adams’ life in a modern perspective. In the

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    General Certificate of Secondary Education January 2011 Sociology 41902 Unit 2 Monday 31 January 2011 1.30 pm to 3.00 pm For this paper you must have:  an AQA 12-page answer book. Time allowed  1 hour 30 minutes Instructions  Use black ink or black ball-point pen.  Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Examining Body for this paper is AQA. The Paper Reference is 41902.  This paper is divided into four Topic Areas. Answer three Topics

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    John Quincy Adams was born on July 11‚ 1767‚ in Braintree‚ Massachusetts. He is the oldest son of all the children that John Adams‚ the second United States President‚ and Abigail Adams had. He traveled to France with his father at the age of 10. He received training in the diplomatic corps and went to school when he was 14 years old. Adams accompanied diplomat Francis Dana to Russia‚ serving as his secretary and translator in the year of 1781. He then traveled to Paris as his father’s secretary

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    Marianne Roasa HIST134 July 17‚ 2013 Adams and Jefferson: a Revolutionary Dialogue John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were two historical men who had their own ideas about politics fundamentally‚ including different views on both the American and the French Revolution. They began as friends. Adams proposed Jefferson to make the first draft of the Declaration of Independence and continued to support him on the editing committee. Although Jefferson and Adams had similar theological ideals ‚ their

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    George Washington and John Adams On April 30‚ 1789 George Washington became the president of the United States‚ two terms later in 1797‚ John Adams was the next president of the nation. Both presidents helped to establish the stable government that is known today. Washington was able established many precedents‚ since he was the first president to implement the new Constitution. It was quite hard for John Adams to follow in such great footsteps. Although John Adams was very active in the drafting

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    tax collector might have made him suspect as an agent of British authority‚ however he made good use of his understanding of the tax codes and wide acquaintance with the merchants of Boston. Samuel was a very visible popular leader who‚ along with John‚ spent a great deal of time in the public eye agitating for resistance. In 1765 he was elected to the Massachusetts Assembly where he served as clerk for many years. It was there that he was the first to propose a continental congress. He was a

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