John+Adams

​ ** John Adams ** ==   John Adams was born on October 30, 1735 in Braintree, Massachusetts (which is now Quincy, Massachusetts). He graduated from Harvard College in 1755. He married Abigail Smith on October 25, 1764. They had five children which they named Abigail, Susanna, Charles, John and Thomas. In 1765 John Adams argued against the Stamp Act. He and his neighbors sent a message to the Massachusetts legislature that the Stamp Act was an illegal outrage. He also argued that the tax was illegal because the people had not consented to it. Therefore the Stamp Act was repealed. This day was important to him because he was a lawyer. On August 10, 1774, John and Samuel Adams and three other Massachusetts representatives left Boston for the First Continental Congress. After the Battle of Lexington and Concord, he made bold speeches of independence to England. He did not successfully convince them right away. John Adams was offered to draft the Declaration of Independence but he turned the offer down because he felt he was more valuable on the floor of congress. Once the British finally agreed to independence, John Adams became the first vice president of the United Stated of America. In 1797 he was elected to be the second president of the United States of America. On July 4, 1826, the 50  th independence day, John Adams passed away. ==



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