JOHN ADAMS

EARLY LIFE

• Political philosopher
• Born Massachusetts Bay Colony
• Went to Harvard, to be a lawyer
• "People and Nations are forged in the fires of adversity"

LATER LIFE

• Part of the Patriot cause
• Delegate to first amd second contential congress
• 2 terms as Vice President
• He was a President at one point
• A Founding Father

THOUGHTS ON GOVERNMENT ESSAY

• Explained why men struggling to free themselves from Britain require viture citizens and a well-designed gov.
• Helped shape both the Mass. Constitution and other states constitutions and Dec. Of Independence
• Recommended people look toward thinkers John Locke and John Milton for ideas

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• Believed traditions of English Law
• Defended British troops at the Boston Massacre, 1770
• Afterwards became an outspoken critic of the British gov.
• Supported independence from British rule
• Nominated George Washington to ne President