John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams was born on July eleventh,
1767,in Quincy Massachusetts. John Quincy Adams was
a child of the American Revolution. In 1767, the
year of his birth, the British Parliament passed
the Townshed Acts. John Quincy was the son of the
second president John Adams. When John Adams was in
Philadelphia organizing a colony-wide resistance to
the British, his wife and their four children
moved to Boston. John Adam?s wife took care of the
children and their farm. The local school teacher
left to join the Continental Army, leaving young
John Quincy?s education at home with his mother.
John Quincy was more advanced than most young
men of his age entering Harvard. He was fluent in
French, German, Latin and Dutch. From his father he
picked up knowledge of geometry, trigonometry and
calculus. John Quincy entered a preparatory school
at Haverhill, and later he was admitted to Harvard
as a junior, tuition free from his fathers services
to his country. In his years at Harvard he studied
law. At twenty-three Adams opened law offices in
Boston. Having few clients John Adams had much
time to think about his future. He often thought
about politics. John Quincy also
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