Author Topic: John Adams (1735-1826)  (Read 4640 times)

Offline Mahmud

  • Administrator
  • Full Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 157
    • AOL Instant Messenger - Mahmud
    • View Profile
    • www.dis.edu.bd
    • Email
John Adams (1735-1826)
« on: September 15, 2011, 07:45:02 PM »
John Adams (1735-1826) was a leader of the American Revolution, and served as the second U.S. president from 1797 to 1801. The Massachusetts-born, Harvard-educated Adams began his career as a lawyer. Intelligent, patriotic, opinionated and blunt, Adams became a critic of Great Britain's authority in colonial America and viewed the British imposition of high taxes and tariffs as a tool of oppression. During the 1770s, he was a delegate to the Continental Congress. In the 1780s, Adams served as a diplomat in Europe and helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris (1783), which officially ended the American Revolutionary War (1775-83). From 1789 to 1797, Adams was America's first vice president.  He then served a term as the nation's second president. He was defeated for another term by Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826).



Source: http://www.history.com/topics/john-adams