John Adams Summary
David McCullough

Adams, John (b. October 30, 1735; d. July 4, 1826) Second president of the United States 1797–1801). In the years between his birth in 1735 and death in 1826 John Adams became a member of an ... Read more

John Adams Born October 30, 1735 (Braintree, Massachusetts) Died July 4, 1826 (Quincy, Massachusetts) U.S. president, vice president, lawyer, writer John Adams fought for American independence and lib... Read more

The second president of the United States, John Adams (1735-1826) played a major role in the colonial movement toward independence. He wrote the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780 and served as a dipl... Read more

[The following essay discusses John Adams and his wife, Abigail Adams.]John Adams's travels extended from his journey in August 1774 to Philadelphia, where he spent much of the next two and a half yea... Read more

In the following essay, Ellsworth studies Adams's famous comment that the Revolutionary War followed the real revolution, which took place in the hearts and minds of the colonists well before t... Read more

In the following essay, Martin asserts that Adams believed women were irrational and that their participation in politics posed a threat to the social order. Abigail Adams is often remembered for h... Read more

In the following essay, Wharton explores the apparent ideological split between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson in the years following the American Revolution and maintains that, contrary to popular b... Read more

In the following essay, Ellis examines Adams's defense of his political philosophy through his correspondence with John Taylor, the main critic of Adams's A Defence of the Constitutions ... Read more

In the following essay, Thompson claims that most scholars have overestimated the importance of Adams's Puritan background and minimized the importance of philosophic rationalism in the formula... Read more

John Adams, second president of the United States of America, was a man of compassion and intellect. His service to the country was based upon justice, righteousness and deep faith in God. "I set ou... Read more