Essays on John Adams

To act with entire honesty and self-respect, one should always live in a pure atmosphere, and the atmosphere of politics is impure. -Senator Silas Ratcliffe, Democracy In his own lifetime, Henry Adams was famous first for being the grandson of John Quincy Adams, thus the great grandson of John Adams; second for his epic History…

Abigail Adams:  A Revolutionary American Woman Abigail Adams was more than just America’s First Lady but also one of the prolific writers of her time.  Unlike any other First Ladies, Adams, as she is fondly called made a name of her own apart from her popular husband. Mrs. Adams was a “gifted letter writer, and…

“Founding Brothers” The introduction, discussion questions, suggestions for further reading, and author biography that follow are intended to enhance your reading group’s discussion of Joseph Ellis’s Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation. We hope they will enrich your experience of this Pulitzer Prize-winning study of the intertwined lives of the founders of the American republic–John Adams,…

As Benjamin Franklin once said, “No gains without pain. ” This could not be more of a true statement when speaking of the American Revolution. There are so many factors that are said to have caused it, that it’s hard to determine what never needed to happen. Because of the French and Indian War, the…

To what extent did the Federalist administrations of George Washington and John Adams promote national unity and advance the authority of the federal government? George Washington and John Adams were the first two presidents of the united States. As they had Just fought a call war against their oppressive mother country, it “as only fitting…

John Adams was a man who believed in the law, and in fair play. If the soldiers could not get a fair trial, were we any better than the British and their high handed ways. John Adams knew he had to be the one, only a known radical could defend the soldiers. In the end,…

The Tumultuous Election of 1800 by John Ferling Academic historians, by definition if not common acceptance, are expert in their chosen field and period.  Historians who write in their chosen field and period must then decide their market.  There is no doubt John Ferling, Professor Emeritus of History at the State University of West Georgia…

                                   The Adams Letters (American Revolution) 1776             Many observers of American history are fond of mentioning Abigail Adams’s famous letter to her husband, written on March 31st, 1776, during the drafting of the Declaration of Independence, as an historical indication that the movement for equal rights for women began simultaneously with the birth of…