Michael Jackson. It was released on August 31‚ 1987 . The album sold over 45 million copies . It was the first album to have over five different songs hit the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart . Jackson wrote and co-produced‚ alongside Quincy Jones the producer‚ nine of the eleven songs . It took just over a year to record and he earned the Video Vanguard Award at the MTV VMA awards in 1988 . “Thriller”‚ Jackson’s first album and was a big hit which is why it was so hard to follow but
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or the re-election of John Quincy Adams. Keep the following points in mind as you write your essay: Determine your position and plan your essay by listing the reasons for it. Be sure you back up your position with clearly stated reasons. Use at least one primary source. Read your essay aloud to be sure that it makes sense. Check your grammar‚ spelling‚ and punctuation. Answer: The campaign of 1828 was a running campaign between the world traveler‚ John Quincy Adams‚ and the national hero
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Early Life John Adams was born on October 30‚ 1735 in Braintree (now Quincy)‚ Massachusetts. His father‚ John Adams Sr.‚ was a farmer‚ a Congregationalist deacon and a town councilman‚ and was a direct descendant of Henry Adams‚ a Puritan who emigrated from England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1638. His mother‚ Susanna Boylston Adams‚ was a descendant of the Boylston of Brookline‚ a prominent family in colonial Massachusetts. At age 16‚ Adams earned a scholarship to attend Harvard University
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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 of the Massachusetts Assembly‚ a post he held for 40 years until his death at age 77. He died in 1767; three years into his granddaughter
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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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Standing on your principle: To Kill a Mockingbird and Lord of the Flies John Quincy Adams once said “Always stand on your principle‚ even if you stand alone”. The two novels To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ can greatly relate to this quote. The characters that are portrayed in both novels can really relate to one another in terms of the theme in the quote. Also the books themselves share similar themes and moral lessons. Atticus Finch from to
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of John Quincy Adams who became the sixth president of the United States. The daughter of a minister‚ she was a devoted reader‚ studying the works of William Shakespeare and John Milton among others. Adams did not‚ however‚ attend school‚ which was common for girls at the time. In 1761‚ she met a lawyer named John Adams. Three years later‚ the couple married and soon welcomed their first child‚ a daughter named Abigail‚ in 1765. Their family continued to grow with the addition of John Quincy in 1767
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society during the birth and development of the United States. The book mainly focused on Abigail’s life‚ her husband John Adams‚ the revolutionary period in which she lived. Abigail Adams was born November 11‚ 1744 to William Smith and Elizabeth Quincy in Weymouth‚ Massachusetts. Abigail had no formal education because of her poor health‚ and instead received lessons in her home. She often visited the very impressive library of her father‚ enjoying literature such as Joseph Addison’s The Spectator
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Nicholas Durkin Professor Robson US History to 1877 20 September 2009 Abigail Adams The life of Abigail Adams is truly an amazing story. Her will to support her husband‚ children‚ friends and extended family is what makes this woman an important person in our nations past. Mrs. Adams touched the lives of many people with her caring‚ loyal and understanding personality which is apparent throughout her entire life. Being the wife of John Adams was no easy task. Over the course of John and Abigail’s
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In 1780 Abigail Adams wrote her son John Quincy Adams while he was traveling overseas with his father. Within the letter‚ Abigail uses Pathos‚ Allusion‚Metaphor and Imagery when she told John to travel with an open mind ‚seek challenges‚develop character and take all the opportunities that he comes across. Due to John’s father being a US Diplomat‚Abigail thought this trip would be a great way for John to become a better man and overall a better individual. Adams uses pathos to express the importance
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