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Há 5 dias · John Adams, the first vice president (1789–97) and second president (1797–1801) of the United States. He was an early advocate of American independence and a major figure in the Continental Congress. He was regarded as one of the most significant statesmen of the revolutionary era.
- John Adams was an advocate of American independence from Britain, a major figure in the Continental Congress (1774–77), the author of the Massachus...
- Having finished second to George Washington in the first U.S. presidential election in 1789 and serving as Washington’s vice president (1789–97), A...
- John Adams’s family could trace its lineage to the first generation of Puritan settlers in New England and made major contributions to U.S. politic...
- John Adams was born and raised in Braintree (now in Quincy), Massachusetts. The eldest of the three sons of farmer and shoemaker Deacon John Adams,...
Há 5 dias · John Quincy Adams, sixth president of the United States (1825–29) and son of President John Adams. In his prepresidential years he was one of America’s greatest diplomats (formulating, among other things, what came to be called the Monroe Doctrine), and later as a congressman he fought the expansion of slavery.
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Há 2 dias · John Adams’s opera “Girls of the Golden West,” a recital program by Barbara Hannigan and a collection of Elgar symphonies are among the highlights.
Há 23 horas · In 1973, historian Richard B. Morris identified seven figures as key founders, based on what he called the "triple tests" of leadership, longevity, and statesmanship: John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington.
Há 2 dias · Sometime around the Fourth of July, make it a point to watch the final episode of the HBO seven-part series John Adams. What stands out, in the final scenes (spoiler alert): the timeliness of the lead character’s and Thomas Jefferson’s deaths, coming as they do just hours apart on the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.
Há 2 dias · Eddie Marsan has managed to stay under the radar even while playing a U.S. president in 'Franklin' and Amy Winehouse's dad in 'Back to Black.'
Há 4 dias · By David Cutler. Arts Nov 21. Watch 7:28. In John Adams’ new Gold Rush opera, cultures clash with a tragic ending. For contemporary composer John Adams, it was three notes that launched his...
