John Adams

By TConaway01

  • John Adams was born

    John Adams started hois life on October 30, 1735

  • member of federalist party

    John Adams was a member of the Federalist Party John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American lawyer

  • abigal

    November 11: Abigail Smith, the second of four children, is born to the Reverend William Smith and Elizabeth Quincy Smith in Weymouth, Massachusetts.

  • accepted at harvard college

    Deacon Adams wanted John to attend Harvard College.

  • englands adopts the gregorian calendar

    September 3 (September 14): England adopts the Gregorian calendar, requiring an adjustment of 11 days to convert from Old to New Style. As a result, John's birthday will become October 30, Abigail's November 22.

  • granduated

    john adams graduated

  • married

    The earliest known image of Abigail Adams painted at thetime of her marriage. ( original source unknown)
    Marriage: 19 years old, married 1764, October 25 to John Adams, lawyer (1735-1826), in Smith family home, Weymouth, Massachusetts, wed in matrimony by her father, the Reverend Smith.

  • adams keeping a diary

    Upon graduation from Harvard, Adams becomes schoolmaster of a Worcester, Massachusetts, grammar school for boys and girls. November 18: Adams begins keeping a diary, which by the end of his life filled four volumes.

  • adams begins his legal studies

    August 21: Adams begins his legal studies. He will be admitted to the Suffolk County Bar in Boston in 1758.

  • college

    Adams enrolls at Harvard College in Cambridge.October 30,1789

  • a difference john had

    That year, for the first time, there was more than one candidate for president.

  • presidental term

    Presidential term: March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801

  • public's opinion

    But, unlike other Federalists, Adams was not loyal to Alexander Hamilton. So Hamilton worked against Adams. Hamilton tried to win support for his own candidate for president. His choice was another Federalist named Thomas Pinckney, from South Carolina.Jefferson said he believed Adams was the only man who could stop Alexander Hamilton from becoming president in the next election in 1800.

  • John adams passes away

    John Adams' cause of death was recorded as debility at the age of 90 years and was likely due to heart failure related to arteriosclerosis.