John Adams was born in the American colonies ... In 1773 Samuel Adams, John's cousin and a revolutionary leader, got his hands on letters written by Massachusetts governor Thomas Hutchinson.

One of America’s greatest love stories can be understood through more than 1,000 eloquent letters that were sent between John ...

If John Quincy Adams had retired after his service in the administration of President James Monroe, his reputation might ...

While John Adams called for a declaration of independence ... hand in pulling down than building up." Adams knew the American Revolution had to build up a new government, not merely destroy ...

Legacy John Adams supported building a strong defense system and remains referred to as the “Father of the American Navy.” Because Adams believed in the elite idea of Republicanism and didn’t trust ...

With the 1824 election approaching, Secretary of State John Quincy Adams probably thought he was President James Monroe’s ...

The only fighting in the Quasi-War occurred at sea, and mostly in the Caribbean. But with war at a fever pitch and French ...

This is the second part of an essay that explores lessons to be learned from how Samuel Adams framed the American Revolution and how that same framing can speed the evolution of the vibrant American ...

But if Jefferson was the poet of the early republic’s civic identity, John Adams was its driving ... By and large, the American Revolution was not an innovating upheaval, but a conservative ...