John Quincy Adams Annika Bennion The sixth president of the United states‚ John Quincy Adams‚ was also a diplomat‚ a Senator‚ and member of the House of Representatives. Adams was the son of the second president‚ John Adams‚ and his wife‚ Abigail Adams. Instead of going to school‚ Adams was tutored by several teachers‚ most notably James Thax. He traveled with his father often‚ which brought him to France‚ Sweden‚ the Netherlands‚ Russia and other European countries. During his
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Johnson •John Quincy Adams Quote: “Individual liberty is individual power‚ and as the power of the community is a mass compounded of individual powers‚ the nation which enjoys the most freedom must necessarily be in proportion to its numbers the most powerful nation.” •Major Events While In Office: -Erie Canal Opens (1825) -Tariff of Abominations (1828) •Privileged and Unique Childhood As the son of John Adams‚ the second president of the United States and the erudite Abigail Adams‚ John Quincy
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Historical Figure Outline John Quincy Adams I. John Quincy Adams (July 11‚ 1767 – February 23‚ 1848) II. Born in Quincy‚ (was Braintree) Massachusetts. It has a significance that he could watch the Bunker Hill battle near his family’s house hill.It also significance in that he could study in Harvard College in Massachusetts‚ which he graduated in 2 years. The state he ran for office was also Massachusetts‚ where he was chosen state senate for Massachusetts. This has some relation to that
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Andrew Jackson Prior to winning the presidential election in 1828‚ Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams shared deep hatred for each other. When Jackson won the presidential election‚ his popularity created the age of Jacksonian democracy. It replaced the Jeffersonian democracy‚ where Jefferson had created a nation governed by middle and upper-class educated property holders. Jackson was a symbol of an age because he represented the common man‚ was a beloved hero and was a leader who shared similar
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John Quincy Adams was a great man but didn’t accomplish much in his presidential years. He was born on July 11‚ 1767‚ in Braintree Massachusetts‚ but is now called Quincy in honor of him. He became president from a close race that the House of Representatives had to decide. Sadly‚ he died in 1848 at the age of 80. Before John Quincy Adams became the sixth president of the united states‚ he did some weird things as a child. He saw the Battle of Bunker Hill from a hill close to his farm with his mom
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John Quincy Adams was born on July 11‚ 1767‚ in Braintree‚ Massachusetts. He is the oldest son of all the children that John Adams‚ the second United States President‚ and Abigail Adams had. He traveled to France with his father at the age of 10. He received training in the diplomatic corps and went to school when he was 14 years old. Adams accompanied diplomat Francis Dana to Russia‚ serving as his secretary and translator in the year of 1781. He then traveled to Paris as his father’s secretary
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Early Life John Adams was born on October 30‚ 1735 in Braintree (now Quincy)‚ Massachusetts. His father‚ John Adams Sr.‚ was a farmer‚ a Congregationalist deacon and a town councilman‚ and was a direct descendant of Henry Adams‚ a Puritan who emigrated from England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1638. His mother‚ Susanna Boylston Adams‚ was a descendant of the Boylston of Brookline‚ a prominent family in colonial Massachusetts. At age 16‚ Adams earned a scholarship to attend Harvard University
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Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams‚ the presidential election of 1828 was highlighted by the split of electoral votes in New York and Maryland. Andrew Jackson had swept through the west‚ gaining every single state‚ and even got Pennsylvania. The winner from the election of 1824 by the ‘corrupt’ bargain‚ John Q. Adams‚ had gained the support of all the northeast states. However‚ the real surprise was the split electoral votes in Maryland and New York. The northern states loved Adams because he favored
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On July 11‚ 1767‚ in Braintree‚ Massachusetts. John Quincy Adams was born. His father‚ the second president of US‚ and his mother‚ the first lady of the White House. He traveled to France with his father when he was 10. At the age of 14‚ he received training in the diplomatic divisions and went to school . Adams traveled with the lawyer‚ Francis Dana‚ to Russia‚ working as his secretary and translator. He went to school in Europe and became really fluent in French‚ Dutch‚ and German. Then he returned
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President John Adams Our beloved President‚ John Adams‚ passed away on July 4‚ 1826 due to a debility brought on by heart failure caused by arteriosclerosis. Mr. Adams was born in Braintree‚ Massachusetts Bay Colony‚ in October 30‚ 1735. Son of John Adams‚ Sr. and Boylston Susanna Adams‚ John was the oldest of their 3 children‚ and when he was 16 (1751)‚ he went to Harvard University. Mr. Adams married Abigail Adams‚ who passed away in 1818. The marriage produced 5 children: Abigail Adams Smith
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