John+Adams

**1735-1826**

Birthdate: October 30, 1735 Birthplace: Braintree, Massachuetts Died: July 4, 1826 Graduated from: Harvard

John Adams was lawyer, politian, and statesman, then later on our first Vice President and second President of the United States.

The Battle of Lexington and Concord made a lot of people mad so they had a meeting called the Second Continental Congress which John Adams had attended he also attended the First Continental Congress. On July fourth, 1776 the Declaration of Independence was approved, and John Adams was one of the five men that were asked to write it. He also signed the Declaration of Independence. To make the Declaration of Independence happen John Adams had to do a lot more than just signing it. He also did a lot more than others. For instance, John Adams made many speeches in England, about Independence. Later on after the Revolutionary War John Adams also helped write the Treaty of Paris with England. Then in 1796 he became our Second President of the United States.

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