John Adams:The Duke Of Braintree

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John Adams is one of the most respected people in United States history. His role in the founding of this country was perpetual. In the end he accomplished freedom from the British tyrants.

Born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1735, young Adams soon became a law protégé, graduating from Harvard to then practice in Boston. After years of work, Adams came face to face with a rebellion. He was called to First and Second Continental Congress as a delegate for the Massachusetts Bay Colony. During the war, he was sent to France and Holland to negotiate. After this, in 1785, Adams received word that he would be moved to England as a minister to the Court of St. James to restore partnership. When Adams returned, in 1788, he was elected Vice-President. As Vice-President, Adams ran the Legislature. He hated the job; he even complained to his wife Abigail that “My country in its wisdom has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived.” This shows that Adams didn’t think very highly of what his country had given him.

“The results are in.” As Former President George Washington stands down for the new president to take office, the White House is under construction. The year is 1797, and newly elected president John Adams enters what soon will be the future capital of the newly created country, The United States of America. When John Adams became president, the country was in chaos; France, Britain, and America enter an undeclared Quasi-War, and Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson fought over whom to side with.

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After his term ended, Adams lost in an election to Jefferson. Being tired of politics, he retired to his family’s farm in Quincy, Massachusetts. Here he lived his remaining years until July 4, 1826. His last words expressed sorrow, “Thomas Jefferson survives,” but they were untrue, for Jefferson had died a few hours earlier.

There are many reasons why John Adams is a hero. Though he hasn’t done much in the field of helping, without him this country wouldn’t be the same. I chose him as my hero because his accomplishments haven’t been truly recognized compared to George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Benjamin Franklin. His unquestionable authority as a president led us out of many a struggle.