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Father
John Adams
Birth-Feb 8, 1697 Job-Farmer, cordwainer -
Mother
Susanna Boylston Adams
Birth-Mar. 5, 1699 Job- none -
Birth
Oct. 30, 1735, Braintree, Massachusetts -
Abigale Adams
John Adams and first lady
Birth-nov 11,1744
Death-Oct. 28, 1818 -
Education
Collage-Harvard college, Cambridge Massachusetts
Why and How long: Bachelor of Arts,1751-1755 Got master in1758 -
Marriage
When: Oct. 5th, 1764
Wife: Abigail Smith Adams -
Children PT:1
Abigail Amelia Adams:1765- 1813
John Adams first Child -
Children PT:2
John Quincy Adams: 1767-1848
John Adams second child and eventually will become president aswell -
Children PT:3
Susanna Adams: 1768-1770
John Adams second daughter and third child -
Children PT:4
Charles Adams: 1770-1800
Adams fourth child -
Children PT:5
Thomas Boylston Adams: 1772-1832
John Admas last and fifth child -
Fun fact PT:2
During the Continental Congresses, he served on more committees than any other congressman -
Government position Before presidency
A representative of Massachusetts general court, delegate of the 1 and 2 continental congresses, member of the provincial congress of Massachusetts, delegate to Massachusetts constitutional convention, commissioner to France, minister to Netherlands and Britain, U.S vice president -
Military
no military experience -
Vice president
Thomas Jefferson -
Fun Facts pt:1
John Adams wanted the president to be addressed as His Highness. -
Laws passed while in Office
11th amendment -
Previous job
Lawyer -
Time in office
1797-1801 -
Presidents nickname
His Rotundity, The duke of Braintree -
political party
John Adams was a fedralits -
newsworthy events while in office pt:1
Yellow fever- affected: about 5,000
When and where: America and in 1798
What happened and what were the results: people in Philadelphia contracted yellow fever and ended up killing a large part of the population
Why and How: trade -
Laws passed while in Office
Alien act passed -
Newsworthy events while in office pt:3
Pope Pius VI was taken prisoner by Louis Alexandre Berthier
When: Feb 20, 1798
Why: the pope refused to leave his place of power so he was taken captive
How: Berthier walked in and declared a roman republic
Where: Rome
What was the result and who was affected: the pope died after 6 weeks of being imprisoned and they needed to elect a new pope and crowned them with a paper mache crown -
Laws passed while in Office
Federal bankruptcy act -
newsworthy events while in office pt:2
Electric battery discovered
When: Mar 20, 1800
Who involved: Alessandro Volta found it
Where: Italy
How: Shock therapy on frogs legs
Who is affected and What was the result: Brought a new kind of science to the physiology community and renown for Alessandro Volta -
number of president
2nd president -
Laws passed while in Office
Sedation act passed -
Fun facts PT:3
His son John Quincy became the 6th President. There have been two father-son Presidents in American history: John Adams and John Quincy Adams, and George Bush and George W Bush. -
Religion
Unitarian -
Death
Date: July 4th, 1826
Where died: Quincy, Massachusetts
How: heart attack
Where buried: First Unitarian Church, Quincy, Massachusetts
