From the moment John Adams entered the presidency in 1797, the United States was in a state of undeclared war with France. The Quasi-War, as it was known, dominated his presidency, monopolizing ...

However, with training and time, John was able to refine his skills. As a member of the Federalist Party, Adams decided to run for the presidency. He lost and became Vice-president to George ...

American astronomy thrives today largely because of the underpinnings achieved by John Quincy Adams in his far-reaching ...

When John Quincy Adams left the White House after his defeat in the election of 1828, he thought his public life had ended. His wife, Louisa Catherine Adams, welcomed the change because she ...

John Adams called the Alien and Sedition Acts of ... to support the acts "unquestionably the biggest blunder in his presidency." During a two-week period starting on June 18, 1798, the majority ...

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson will always ... Judging Jefferson as a public man during Jefferson's presidency, Adams considered him a somewhat self-serving, ambitious "intriguer" — a ...

As a young lawyer and revolutionary, John Adams had often published political tracts in local newspapers, but his opinion of the press changed when he won the presidency. In 1781 He signed the ...

Between 1778 and 1788, John Adams served his country as a diplomat in France, the Netherlands, and Great Britain. His independent, unbending temperament was not ideal for diplomacy, and his ...

In 1788, when John Adams returned from Europe to a hero's welcome, he came home to limitless possibilities. The presidency would belong to George Washignton, of course, but what office would suit ...

John Adams was born on October 30 ... The political division would plague Adams' presidency. "Two parties existed in this country ... the one inclined to France and the other to England.

However, with training and time, John was able to refine his skills. As a member of the Federalist Party, Adams decided to run for the presidency. He lost and became Vice-president to George ...

John Adams expected great things from his eldest ... and created a policy for the recognition of new Latin American nations. His own presidency would not be as distinguished.