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The Ideas That Have Influenced Civilization, in the Original Documents (Volume 7)

The Ideas That Have Influenced Civilization, in the Original Documents (Volume 7)

Thatcher, Oliver Joseph

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General World History

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ISBN10: 1154414035
ISBN13: 9781154414035
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 174
Weight: 0.71
Height: 0.37 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1902. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... JOHN ADAMS John Adams was born October 19, 1736, in the township of Braintree, Mass., where Quincy now stands. He chose an education rather than his share of the family estate, and his father sent him to Harvard in 1751. In 1755 he began studying law in Worcester, at the same time teaching school in the grammar school, and rose rapidly in his profession. The first step he took in politics was to draft the resolutions of Braintree against the Stamp Act (1765). His popularity became so great that even his defense of the soldiers engaged in the so-called Boston Massacre did not lessen it. In 1774 he was sent to the general congress at Philadelphia. Before leaving, in a conference with Jonathan Sewell, an old friend then attorney-general, who endeavored to persuade him to take the side of England, he uttered the memorable words, I know that Great Britain has determined on her system, and that very fact determines me on mine. You know I have been constant and uniform in opposition to her measures: the die is now cast; I have passed the Rubicon; to swim or sink, live or die, survive or perish with my country, is my unalterable determination. Daniel Webster afterward made use of these words in his magnificent eulogy of Adams in his great Boston Monument speech. At the Continental Congress Adams was one of the leaders in getting the Declaration of Independence passed. From 1777 to 1778 he was in France with Franklin. In 1779 he negotiated a loan in Holland. From 1785 to 1787 he was ambassador to England. He served as Vice President under Washington, and was elected President in 1797. At this time party feeling was running very high. The great war was on between the French Republic and her enemies, among them England. The French were practically demanding the aid of Am...

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