JOHN ADAMS: FOUNDER OF THE AMERICAN POLITICAL TRADITION

JOHN ADAMS: FOUNDER OF THE AMERICAN POLITICAL TRADITION

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CONTENTS

FOREWORD

PREFACE

Chapter 1: BEGINNING A LIFE OF LEADERSHIP

EARLY LIFE

MARRIAGE

ENTRY INTO POLITICS

STAMP ACT CRISIS

DEFENDING JOHN HANCOCK

BOSTON MASSACRE

BOSTON TEA PARTY

Chapter 2: PASSIONATE REVOLUTIONARY: THE FIRST AND SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESSES

FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

TOWARDS INDEPENDENCE

SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

TOWARDS A PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT

DECLARING INDEPENDENCE

Chapter 3: JOHN ADAMS AS A DIPLOMAT TO FRANCE: VICTORY IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

TO PARIS

JOHN ADAMS AS DIPLOMAT

FIRST MISSION TO PARIS ACCOMPLISHED

THE MASSACHUSETTS CONSTITUTION

PREAMBLE

BACK TO PARIS AND ON TO HOLLAND

PARIS PEACE NEGOTIATIONS

THE ADAMS CHILDREN

NEW ASSIGNMENT IN LONDON

Chapter 4: FOREIGN AMBASSADOR IN LONDON

INITIAL STAY IN PARIS

AMERICA’S FIRST AMBASSADOR TO BRITAIN

A MOVE TOWARDS A U.S. CONSTITUTION

RETURNING TO MASSACHUSETTS

ELECTED AS VICE PRESIDENT

Chapter 5: JOHN ADAMS AS VICE PRESIDENT

MOVING TO NEW YORK

DISCOURSES

IMPACT OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

U.S. FOREIGN POLICIES

MOVING TO PHILADELPHIA

SECOND TERM AS VICE PRESIDENT

NEUTRALITY PROCLAIMED

ADVICE TO CHILDREN

JAY TREATY RATIFIED

Chapter 6: THE PRESIDENCY OF JOHN ADAMS

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1796

PRESIDENCY BEGINS

UNDECLARED NAVAL WAR WITH FRANCE

POLICIES OF PROTECTION

SEEKING PEACE AS THE BEST PROTECTION

Chapter 7: ADAMS’ PRESIDENCY CONCLUDES

NEGOTIATING WITH FRANCE

WASHINGTON MOURNED

THREATS FROM THE LEFT AND RIGHT

A NEW CAPITAL GROWS ON THE POTOMAC

ADAMS’ BID FOR RE-ELECTION IN 1800

PEACE WON WITH FRANCE

Chapter 8: A LIFE WELL-LIVED

RETIREMENT

REFOCUSING ON GRANDCHILDREN

DIARY AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHN ADAMS

LEGACY

RESTORING FRIENDSHIP

ABIGAIL’S DEATH

DEATH OF JOHN ADAMS

Chapter 9: LEGACY

PICTURES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

INDEX