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A 5 page paper which examines the life and work of
John Adams. The paper discusses his role in the American Revolution and analyzes why
he does not necessarily get the recognition he deserves. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAjhnadm.rtf
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Adams was John Quincy Adams father and was the second president of the United States. Considering that we hear so much and know so much about the early presidents it
comes as perhaps a surprise that John Adams, and his involvement in the American Revolution, is left to the shadows. This is the case despite the fact that, "John Adams
was with the Revolution from its infancy" (John Adams: Overlooked Hero of the Revolution, 2003). He is not perhaps as famous as his son and yet his involvement was crucial
to the growth of this nation. The following paper examines John Adams in relationship to his life and his work. Life and Work "John was the first of
three children born to Susanna Boylston and Deacon John Adams, a Braintree, Massachusetts farmer and shoemaker. Before Adams was born, the Deacon and his wife Susanna decided their first-born son
would attend college" (Hromatko, 2003). His father had hopes that his son would enter the ministry but apparently John had trouble at "a poorly run Latin school, told his father
he would rather farm. When his father transferred him to Joseph Marshs school, he improved, and at fifteen, passed Harvards entrance examination" (Hromatko, 2003). While at Harvard he truly came
to love scholarship and excelled. Though John did love the church as well, he found there was far too much controversy taking place and "decided against the ministry. He
thought a minister could only be happy and useful if he reveres his own understanding more than the decrees of councils or the sentiments of fathers" (Hromatko, 2003). At this
point he decided that studying law appeared to be "a less contentious profession than ministry. As an attorney, he would at least be free to think his own thoughts" (Hromatko,
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