John Adams was many things: lawyer, diplomat, member of the Continental Congress, and one of the original signers of the Declaration of Independence. Adams was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, in ...

In addition to his leadership at the Humphrey School, Adams was a prominent member of the U of M’s geography department, and ...

For Thanksgiving, I published a short history of Jefferson’s and his Democrats’ reaction to John Adams’ fearmongering for ...

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Congress had long talked of seeking a loan ... The task reunited him with Benjamin Franklin. Like Adams, John Jay, the third delegate, refused to negotiate until England recognized American ...

In response, 12 of the 13 colonies sent representatives to a Continental Congress in Philadelphia to draft a united response. John Adams, a Massachusetts delegate, wrote a "Declaration of Rights ...

Beginning with John Adams in 1797, the president has convened ... which brought forward the date on which Congress convenes, and with the practice of Congress to remain in session twelve months ...