John Adams
John Adams was our second President, serving from 1897-1801. He came
to the office with a wealth of political experience. Adams had served
in the Massachusetts colonial legislature, the Continental Congress,
and a variety of diplomatic missions in Europe. He had also served
as the first American minister to the Court of St. James (England)
after the Revolutionary War. That had proven a particularly difficult
assignment, as most Englishmen considered him a rebel traitor who
should have been executed rather than a minister from a sovereign
nation
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Lesson Plans | Primary
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Lesson Plans:
Adams
and the Alien and Sedition Acts - Adams grew tired of having foreign
born men in congress. Fearing espionage the Alien and Sedition Acts
were pushed through legislation in order to guarantee more 'American'
statesmen.
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From
the President's Lips: The Concerns that Led to the Sedition (and Alien)
Act - What conditions provided the impetus for the Sedition Act?
This Lesson plan includes primary source documents like speeches and
a brief biography.
Primary Source Documents:
Adams
Family Papers/Manuscript Collection - The Adams Papers project
was founded in 1954 to prepare a comprehensive published edition of
the manuscripts written and received by the family of John Adams of
Quincy, Massachusetts. The Adams Family Papers manuscript collection
at the Massachusetts Historical Society forms the nucleus of the project.
In addition, the editors have gathered over 27,000 copies of Adams
items from hundreds of libraries, institutions, and individuals in
the United States and abroad.
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