John Adams was born on October 30 ... but he claimed he was too busy with committee work, so the task fell to Virginian Thomas Jefferson. Adams craved recognition above all, and he privately ...

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American astronomy thrives today largely because of the underpinnings achieved by John Quincy Adams in his far-reaching ...

Between 1778 and 1788, John Adams served his country as a diplomat in France, the Netherlands, and Great Britain. His independent, unbending temperament was not ideal for diplomacy, and his ...

John Adams called the Alien and Sedition Acts of ... that diplomacy must end the French crisis. But the two did not work cooperatively with one another, in part because Jefferson wanted the ...

In 1788, when John Adams returned from Europe to a hero's welcome, he came home to limitless possibilities. The presidency would belong to George Washignton, of course, but what office would suit ...

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Jefferson first read Callender's work in Europe ... and grooming John Quincy as his heir to the throne. Adams was a "hideous hermaphroditical character, which has neither the force of a man ...

John Adams expected great things from his eldest son, John Quincy. "You came into life with advantages which will disgrace you if your success is mediocre. ... And if you do not rise to the head ...