John Adams: Patriot, Diplomat, and StatesmanThe Rosen Publishing Group, Inc, 2004 M08 15 - 112 pages John Adams was an early champion of independence on behalf of the British colonies in America, a delegate to the First and Second Continental Congresses, a U.S. ambassador to France and, later, to England, the author of the Massachusetts State Constitution, the vice president of the United States during George Washington s two terms as president, and the second president of the United States. Throughout his political career and into his long retirement, Adams was a powerful and popular essayist and thinker. |
Contents
Personal History | 5 |
Stirrings of a Revolution | 18 |
Retaliation War and Independence | 32 |
An American Diplomat Abroad | 45 |
Victory and Peace | 63 |
Back Home to America | 76 |
A Long Retirement | 94 |
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