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13 de abr. de 2024 · Learn More. 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.
- What were John Adams’s accomplishments?John Adams was an advocate of American independence from Britain, a major figure in the Continental Congress (1774–77), the author of the Massachus...
- When did John Adams become president?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...
- What was John Adams’s family like?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...
- What was John Adams’s early life like?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 Adams, American composer and conductor whose works were among the most-performed of contemporary classical music. His best-known pieces include the fanfare Short Ride in a Fast Machine (1986), but his most ambitious works were his operas, including Nixon in China (1987).
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24 de abr. de 2024 · On Tuesday night, the Metropolitan Opera continued to play a bit of catch-up with the American composer John Adams. As a Minimalist of striking imagination and moral probity, Adams has...
23 de abr. de 2024 · John Adams found himself drawn to the ideological and physical battlegrounds that would define the burgeoning American nationalist movement. His articulation and staunch defense of colonial rights against British imposition became widely recognized, marking his entry into political life and setting the stage for his critical roles in ...
26 de abr. de 2024 · Listen to music by John Adams on Apple Music. Find top songs and albums by John Adams including Harmonium: I. Negative Love, Harmonielehre: I. and more.
27 de abr. de 2024 · Abigail Adams’s seemingly sincere insistence that Congress “remember the ladies” when making new laws, John Adams’s seemingly ham-handed initial response, and his May 1776 message to Massachusetts jurist James Sullivan (1744–1808) highlight the complexity of Americans’ thoughts regarding the ends and means of government.
19 de abr. de 2024 · Composer John Adams’ work is returning to the Metropolitan Opera for the first time in a decade in a new staging of his Nativity oratorio “El Nino.”
