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Marige of John Adams and Abigail Smith
At a church in Weymouth, Massachusetts, John Adams married Abigail Smith, the pastor's second daughter. -
Abigail Adams II born
Abagail Adams was often called Nabby within her family. -
John Quincy Adams born
John Quincy Adams is born to John and Abigail Adams in Braintree, Massachusetts. -
Susanna Adams dies
Susanna Adams dies after barely a year of life. -
Charles Adams born
Nagel, Paul C.. John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1997. -
Thomas Boylston Adams Born
Nagel, Paul C.. John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1997. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Johnny and his mother saw the Battle of Bunker Hill from nearby Penn's Hill. Johnny never forgets this. -
Declaraion of Indenpedence signed
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John Quincy Adams leaves for France
He left with his father to go to France, where his father was assigned as a commissioner in France to promote the American cause among the European powers -
John Quincy Adams arrives in France
Nagel, Paul C.. John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1997. -
JQA Leaves from France
His dad's job in France ended and they hoped to return to America. -
JQA arrives back at Braintree
This stay ws short because three months later the Congress sent his father back to Paris. -
JQA leaves to go back to France
John Quincy Adams goes back to France with his dad and his broher, who is always crying because of his "sensitive nature". -
JQA arrives in Paris
Nagel, Paul C.. John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1997. -
JQA Leaves to go to the the Low Countries
JQA, his brother, father, and cousin, John Thaxter, leave to go to the Low Countries: Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg. -
JQA Leaves for Saint Petersburg
JQA Begins a 2,000 mile trek with Francis Dana to Russia to serve as Dana's translator.Dana was sent to Russia to obtain recognition of the new United States. -
JQA arrives in Saint Petersburg
Nagel, Paul C.. John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1997. -
Surrender at Yorktown
On this day the British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered to the US Army, making the Revolutionary War come to an end. -
JQA Leaves Russia
JQA finishes filling out paperwork to leave Russia for Stockholm, Sweden. -
JQA graduates from college.
John Quincy Adams graduates from Harvard College with a Bachelor of Arts degree, and being in Phi Beta Kappa -
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JQA Apprentices as an Attorney
His mentor was Theophilus Parsons in Newburyport, Massachusetts. -
United States Constitioun ratified
The US constitution is ratified to replace the Articles of Confederation; it set up how the US government would work. -
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George Washington serves as President
George Washington was the first president of the United States. He sent John Quincy Adams on many of his overseas journeys. -
JQA becomes a lawyer
He gained admittance to the bar and began practicing law in Boston. -
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Appointed as minister to the Netherlands
George Washington appointed Adams minister to the Netherlands (at the age of 26); he would not have taken the post had his father not talked him into it. While going back and forth between The Hague and London, he met and proposed to his future wife. -
JQA appointed as Minister to Portugal
Nagel, Paul (1999). John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. pp. 19,21,26,30,32,49,51,54,73,76,272,279,327,346–348,351–353,355,357,359,368. ISBN 978-0674479401. -
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John Adams serves as President
John Quincy Adam's father serves as President of the United States. -
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JQA serves as United States Minister to Prussia
When JQA's father became President, George Washington urged him to appoint his son as Minister to Prussia. There JQC signed the renewal of the very liberal Prussian-American Treaty of Amity and Commerce after negotiations with Prussian Foreign Minister Count Karl-Wilhelm Finck von Finckenstein. While Working There, Adams married Louisa Catherine Johnson, in a ceremony at the church of All Hallows-by-the-Tower, London. To this day he is only President to have a First Lady born outside the US. -
JQA Elected to Massachusetts State Senate
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JQA Runs For a Seat in the United States House of Representatives and looses
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Elected as Federalist to the U.S. Senate
He had supported the Louisiana Purchase and Jefferson's Embargo Act, which made him very unpopular with Massachusetts Federalists. The Legislature chose a replacement for Adams on June 3, 1808, several months early. On June 8, Adams broke with the Federalists, resigned his Senate seat, and became a Democrat-Republican. -
Loiusanna Purchase
The United States bought land from France. The land they bought is shown in green in the picture. -
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JQA is appointed Minister to Russia
His Wife, Louisa was with him most of the time. This was good because she served an invaluable role as wife-of-diplomat, becoming a favorite of the Tsar and making up for her husband's utter lack of charm. -
Adams reports to America news of Napoleon's invasion of Russia
Allgor, (1997). -
Adams is recalled from Russia
He was recalled to serve a chief negotiator for the U.S. commission for the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain. -
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Adams serves as minister to the court of Saint James'
This post was first held by his father. -
War of 1812 ends
The Treaty of Peace and Amity between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America is signed by British and American representatives at Ghent, Belgium, ending the War of 1812. -
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Adams serves as the 8th Secretary of State
He served as Secretary of State in the Cabinet of President James Monroe from 1817 until 1825. During this time he negotiated the Adams–Onís Treaty (which acquired Florida for the United States). -
Negotiated the treaty of 1818
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Adams gives a speech on foreign policy
This speech said that America's policy was moral support for independence movements but not armed intervention. He also stated that Ameria "goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy." This became a defining moment in the foreign policy of the United States. -
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John Quincy Adams runs for President
New England voters admired Adams' patriotism and political skills and it was mainly due to their support that he entered the race.His opponents included John C. Calhoun, William H. Crawford, Henry Clay, and the hero of New Orleans, Andrew Jackson. -
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JQA serves as the sixth President of The United States of America
During his term as President of the US he reduced the national debt from $16 million to $5 million, worked on turning America into a world power. In his first annual message to Congress, he presented an ambitious program for modernization that included roads, canals, a national university, an astronomical observatory, and other initiatives. He got into some trouble because he had a rather generous policy towards natives. He achieved little of long-term consequence in foreign affairs. -
John Quincy Adams leaves office
He lost the election to Andrew Jackson. He did not attend the inauguration of Andrew Jackson becoming one of of only three presidents who did not attend his successors inauguration, the other two being his father and Andrew Johnson -
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Andrew Jackson serves as President
Andrew Jackson was the successor to John Quincy Adams as president. Among other things, he finished off removing all of the national debt. -
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John Quincy Adams serves as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
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Later Congressional career
During this time he opposed slavery and the annexation of Texas, as well as the Mexican-American War. He also helped found the Smithsonian. He also correctly predicted that adding Texas and the Mexican-American war would start a civil war -
John Quincy Adams dies
"John Quincy Adams." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 16 Oct. 2012. Web. 16 Oct. 2012. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams.
