John Adams: A Brief Biography

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John Adams Who is John Adams? John Adams was born on October 30th, 1735, into a family that was not wealthy. He had earned a scholarship to attend Harvard, and decided to study law. Two years after he graduated Harvard, he was admitted into the bar. John Adams soon later became the 2nd President of the United States, but before he became the 2nd President, he was the first vice president of the United States, next to George Washington. During his presidency, he wasn’t a popular president so he only had one term, and Thomas Jefferson replaced him. After his four year term, he and his family settled down on a family farm and he soon died on July 4th, 1826. In this essay, you will read about the main events of John Adams, and hopefully you’ll …show more content…
Stated in the website, Biography, “Adams found himself regularly away from his family, a sacrifice that both he and Abigail saw as important to the cause, though Abigail was often unhappy” (Biography). When John Adams was a lawyer, a politician, president, etc, he would often be away from his family because he would be busy most of the time. Finally after he retired, he had gotten the chance to spend time with his family. Another fact about John Adams is that “...They had six children, Abigail (1765), John Quincy (1767), Susanna (1768), Charles (1770), Thomas Boylston (1772) and Elizabeth (1777)” (Biography). During his marriage with Abigail, they had six children like stated above in the quote. So finally after John retired from presidency, they finally had the chance to spend time with each other. One of John’s kids, Quincy Adams, also ends up becoming the 6th president of the United States. In the end, John Adams then dies at age 90, on July 4th, 1826, along with Thomas …show more content…
He was a little boy whose only interest was to play outside, and his future dream to be a farmer. Then his life started to transition when he was age 16, when he received the scholarship from Harvard. From studying law at Harvard, he then earns him master degree in 1758, and gets admitted to the bar. He went through many occupations, from a teacher, to a very good lawyer, to a politician, etc. Then finally, he went from the first vice president of the United States to the 2nd president of the United States. Even though he was a disliked president, he still contributed many great things to America. For example, he helped bring an end to the Revolutionary War. And in the end, he retired and spends all of the remaining time with his family. As a result of reading this mini biography, I hope you will spread your knowledge on John

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