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John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before his presidency, he was a leader of the American Revolution that achieved independence from Great Britain.
A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America is a three-volume work by John Adams, written between 1787 and 1788.The text was Adams’ response to criticisms of the proposed American government, particularly those made by French economist and political theorist Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, who had argued against bicameralism and separation of powers.
Anne Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a travel writer, newspaper editor, and, by some accounts, the first professional female journalist in the United States. Headstone of Anne Royall in the Congressional Cemetery in Washington DC
In 1623 land division as "Ellen Newton." By the 1627 'Division of Cattle' she had married Fortune passenger John Adams and after his death married Kenelm Winslow, brother of Mayflower passenger Edward Winslow. [48] [49] John Oldham – Per Banks he was originally from the town of Derby in Derbyshire. Arrived with his family including his sister ...
The presidency of John Adams, began on March 4, 1797, when John Adams was inaugurated as the second President of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1801. Adams, who had served as vice president under George Washington , took office as president after winning the 1796 presidential election .
Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) [a] was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 8 March 1702, and Queen of Great Britain and Ireland following the ratification of the Acts of Union 1707 merging the kingdoms of Scotland and England, until her death in 1714. Anne was born during the reign of her uncle King Charles II.
John Adams – Unitarian [26] The Adamses were originally members of the state-supported Congregational churches in New England . [ 27 ] By 1800, most Congregationalist churches in Boston had Unitarian preachers teaching the strict unity of God , the subordinate nature of Christ, and salvation by character.
Anne Hutchinson was born Anne Marbury to parents Francis Marbury and Bridget Dryden in Alford, Lincolnshire, England, and baptised there on 20 July 1591. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Her father was an Anglican cleric in London with strong Puritan leanings, who felt strongly that a clergy should be well educated and clashed with his superiors on this issue. [ 4 ]