I. Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams is a New York Times bestselling biography‚ written by Lynne Withey. The contents of the book mainly revolved around the life of Abigail Adams‚ who became the most influential woman in Revolutionary America. This happened in large part due to being the wife of patriot John Adams‚ the nation’s influential second president. Throughout her time‚ Abigail kept the farm in Braintree‚ Massachusetts‚ bore six children‚ which included two daughters who did not live
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The presidential victory of Thomas Jefferson of the Democratic-Republican Party over the Federalist Party incumbent John Adams in the election of 1800 caused Adams to attempt to secure Federalist judicial control in his ultimate days in office. To do this‚ Adams appointed a bevy of justices of peace for the District of Columbia. The commissions for these justices were approved‚ signed‚ and sealed‚ however the commissions were not all delivered before President Jefferson took office. Once sworn in
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Samuel Adams was born in Boston‚ Massachusetts on September 27‚ 1722. His father was Samuel Adams‚ Sr.‚ and his mother Mary Fifield. He was one of twelve children born from this marriage‚ but one of three children who survived past their third birthday. Samuel was the tenth child and the survivors were his older sister Mary‚ himself‚ and a younger brother named Joseph. He died on October 2‚ 1803. His family was well recognized for their wealth as well as their religious and political involvement
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Abigail Smith Adams Born: Place: Weymouth‚ Massachusetts Date: 1744‚ November 11 Father: William Smith‚ 1706‚ January 29‚ Charlestown‚ Massachusetts‚ died 1783‚ September‚ Weymouth‚ Massachusetts. He was a Congregationalist minister. Mother: Elizabeth Quincy‚ born 1721‚ Braintree‚ Massachusetts‚ died 1775‚ Weymouth‚ Massachusetts; married in 1740. She was the daughter of John Quincy‚ a member of the colonial Governor’s council and colonel of the militia. Mr. Quincy was also Speaker
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liberty.” Samuel Adams wasn’t just any ordinary representative whom signed the Declaration of Independence‚ but probably the most important of the men people know nothing about. From growing up in a wealthy household to Legislature of Massachusetts to founder of the Boston Committee of Correspondences‚ he never stepped aside and allowed a tyrant to control his life‚ making him one of the most influential founding fathers. Born on September twenty seventh‚ 1772 in Boston Massachusetts Adams was always
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Abigail Adams was born in Weymouth‚ Massachusetts on November 11‚ 1744. In a prominent and wealthy family descended from Puritan leaders‚ as well as successful merchants (Parks 1). She had not formal schooling because of illnesses and the limited options to females during Colonial times. How Abigail learned was from her family’s library‚ the company of relatives‚ visitors‚ and the guidance of her grandmother. Her vast knowledge comes from studying Shakespeare to Locke‚ from Plato to French (Parks
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Abigail Smith Adams was born in Weymouth‚ Massachusetts on November 11‚ 1744 to the parents of William Smith‚ Congregationalist minister‚ and Elizabeth Quincy Smith. She was the second of five children (one brother and three sisters). Due to her perpetual childhood illnesses‚ she lacked a formal education; however‚ with the help of her fellow family members and available educational resources‚ she became an intelligent and prominent leader in the colonial American society. As third cousins Abigail
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Samuel Adams was born on September 27th 1722 in Boston in the British colony of Massachusetts. Samuel Adams was the son of Samuel Adams Sr. and Mary Adams. Samuel Adams family was Puritan and belonged to the Old South Congregational Church. After Graduating Harvard in 1740‚ he began earning his master’s degree. In his thesis he argued whether “It is lawful to resist the Supreme Magistrate‚ if the Commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved” to which he believed it was (Allen‚ 5). This clearly shows
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Mark Puls’ Samuel Adams: Father of the American Revolution brought to light one of the most undervalued yet highly influential founding fathers of the American revolutionary era. Adams is widely regarded as one of the first fervent idealists of American independence. one of the most outspoken‚ persistent‚ agitators of that time Puls biography details the life of Samuel Adams in a chronological order of events starting with his upbringing in the Adams’ family. His father was a well respected brewer
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Samuel Adams: From the National Statuary Hall Collection at the U.S. Capitol Among those who signed the Declaration of Independence‚ and were conspicuous in the revolution‚ there existed‚ of course‚ a great diversity of intellectual endowments; nor did all render to their country‚ in those perilous days‚ the same important services. Like the luminaries of heavens each contributed his portion of influence; but‚ like them‚ they differed‚ as star differeth from star in glory. But in the constellation
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