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John Adams's Contribution To The Declaration Of Independence

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He was born on October 30, 1935. He was born in Braintree, that is now Quincy, Massachusetts. At age 16 John had received a scholarship to the school where he got his education called, Harvard University. This is where he received his undergraduate degree and his masters. At age 20, John studied law in the office of John Putnam’s, a prominent lawyer. Despite of his father’s wish for John to enter into the ministry. John Adams quickly became identified as a patriot because of his opinion on the Stamp Act in 1765. John had wrote a response to the imposition by the British Parliament that was called, “Essay on the Canon and Federal Law. In this article John Adams had argued The Stamp Act had suffered the American colonist to the basic rights of being taxed by consent. …show more content…

He got elected to the Massachusetts Assembly and happened to be one of the five to represent the colony. This occurred at the first Continental Congress in 1774. Then, In 1775 when the Congress created the Continental Army, John Adams had then nominated George Washington as the commander-in-chief in Virginia
In John Adams’s personal life, he married his third cousin named Abigail Smith. This happened 5 days before his 29th birthday on October 25th, 1764. They have 5 children and one on the way. John found himself usually away from his family, which was a sacrifice that both him and Abigail found important, although Abigail was a lot of times not happy. After John was the president he lived with his wife on a quiet family

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