John Adams By ewill51 Oct 30, 1735 John Adams was born Period: Oct 30, 1735 to Jan 1, 1835 John Adams Jun 5, 1758 Graduates from Harvard Oct 25, 1764 Marries Abigal Smith Dec 11, 1765 Gives speech against Stamp Act Jun 20, 1770 Elected to Masshuchsetts general court Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea party Sep 5, 1774 Adams is sent from Masshuchsetts to firt contenetal congress Sep 13, 1774 First contenental congress Apr 19, 1775 The revolutionary war begins May 10, 1775 Second contenental congress Jun 18, 1775 Adams elected Washington to commander in chief Jul 4, 1776 Congress approves Declaration of Independence Aug 1, 1777 Adams went to France + Britian to negotiate foerign relations Jun 1, 1780 Adams writes new constitution for Masshuchsetts Jul 1, 1782 Adams, Jay, and Franklin go to Paris to work out treaty Sep 3, 1783 Treaty of Paris ends Revolutionary war Sep 17, 1787 Articles of confederation written Sep 17, 1787 U.S. constitution approved Mar 1, 1789 First presidential election Mar 1, 1789 John Adams becomes Vice president Mar 4, 1797 John Adams becomes President first from the federalist party Oct 1, 1800 Adams avoided war with France Dec 1, 1800 First 2 party election Jan 1, 1812 Adams reconciled friendship with Thomas Jefferson Jul 4, 1826 John adams died