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Contributions Of John Adams

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On October 30, 1735, John Adams was born to John Adams, Sr. and Susanna Boylston Adams, in Braintree (or what is now called: Quincy), Massachusetts. He was direct descendant of Henry Adams, on his father’s side, and John Alden, on his mother’s side, both of whom were Pilgrims on the Mayflower in 1638 (Biography.com). Attending a local school during his primary education, going to Harvard College with a scholarship, at age sixteen, graduating at age twenty, Adams was well prepared for his future political career and involvement in American Independence. Through his political career, his writings, and his diplomatic skills, John Adams greatly contributed to the formation of the United States government, before, during, and after the Revolutionary War.
John Adam studied law under James Putnam and by 1758 had become one of the most well-known, respected attorneys in Massachusetts (Lossing, 28). Accordingly, in 1772, he was elected to the Massachusetts Legislature, where he defended Thomas Preston during one of the many Boston Massacre trials. A year or two later, Adams was appointed delegate to the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia, in 1774, and again the following year to the Second Continental Congress, in which he nominated George Washington to Commander of the Continental army. He then nominated Thomas Jefferson to head the drafting comity for writing the Declaration of Independence (History.com). And on July 4, 1776, John Adams was among the fifty-six delegates

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