Lastly the Continental Congress issued a petition, the Declaration of Rights and Grievances, to King George, a portion of which was written by John Adams. Something of a precursor to the ...

John Adams was many things: lawyer, diplomat, member of the Continental Congress, and one of the original signers of the Declaration of Independence. Adams was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, in ...

When John Adams became the second president ... and establishing the Library of Congress. And he made tremendous ...

On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress voted unanimously to declare ... for the great measure of independency is Mr. John Adams of Boston," whom he called the "Atlas of Independence." ...

John Adams also recorded his thoughts in a diary ... John writes his wife from Baltimore, where he is attending the Second Continental Congress. Abigail is in the middle of a troubled pregnancy.

Adams could barely contain [his criticism]."— Historian Joseph Ellis On May 15, 1776, the delegates to the Continental Congress passed John Adams' resolution "to declare the United Colonies free ...

Quincy's "Remember the Ladies" ceremony honors five women whose leadership exemplifies the legacy of Abigail Adams.

Lastly the Continental Congress issued a petition, the Declaration of Rights and Grievances, to King George, a portion of which was written by John Adams. Something of a precursor to the ...

Marianne Holdzkom, Kennesaw State University (THE CONVERSATION) When John Adams became the second ... to print whatever it wanted? Neither Congress nor Adams knew exactly how to interpret the ...