JohnAdams


 * biography of John Adams
 * born on october 30 1735
 * died on july 4 1826
 * eldest of 3 sons
 * father was a farmer/shoemaker
 * lived in braintree, Mass.
 * after graduating taught grammer school for a couple of years
 * graduated from harvard on 1755
 * was the first vice president
 * 2nd president
 * signer of the treaty in paris
 * married to abigail adams
 * wrote 'dissertation on the canon and fuedal law' which opposed the stamp act
 * even though didn't like british still defended british soldiers after boston massacare
 * wrote 'Novanglus' essays which were published in 1775
 * insisted that parliament lacked the authority to tax the colonies or ligislate for them

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