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Há 4 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.
- 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 1 dia · Alongside Thomas Jefferson, he organized the Democratic–Republican Party in opposition to Hamilton's Federalist Party. After Jefferson was elected president in 1800, Madison served as his Secretary of State from 1801 to 1809 and supported Jefferson in the case of Marbury v. Madison.
Há 5 dias · Alexander Hamilton, New York delegate to the Constitutional convention, major author of the Federalist papers, and first secretary of the treasury of the United States, who was the foremost champion of a strong central government for the new United States.
- Alexander Hamilton was born out of wedlock in Nevis, British West Indies (now in Saint Kitts and Nevis), in either 1755 or 1757, and his father aba...
- Alexander Hamilton was a New York delegate to the Constitutional Convention (1787), a major author of the Federalist papers, and the first secretar...
- In addition to his accomplishments as a U.S. statesman, Alexander Hamilton is remembered for his untimely death in a duel with Aaron Burr, who was...
Há 1 dia · Democratic Party, one of the two major political parties, alongside the Republican Party, in the United States. The Democratic Party underwent a dramatic ideological change over its history, transforming from a pro-slavery party during the 19th century to the main American progressive party today.
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Há 5 dias · Within his own party, the Federalists, Adams found himself at odds with the High Federalists over the new army. When Washington was named commander, he insisted that Alexander Hamilton be named his second in command, to which Adams reluctantly agreed.
Há 1 dia · During Monroe's tenure as president, the Federalist Party collapsed as a national political force and Monroe was re-elected, virtually unopposed, in 1820. As president, he signed the Missouri Compromise, which admitted Missouri as a slave state and banned slavery from territories north of the 36°30′ parallel.
Há 3 dias · John Caldwell Calhoun ( / kælˈhuːn /; [1] March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was an American statesman and political theorist who served as the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832. Born in South Carolina, he adamantly defended American slavery and sought to protect the interests of white Southerners.
