John Adams
First White House resident
John Adams was the second president of the United States and a founding father of the American republic.
He served as the first vice president under George Washington before his own presidency (1797–1801).
Adams was a key advocate for independence and helped draft the Declaration of Independence.
His son John Quincy Adams became the sixth president.
America's founding proclamation
- Continental CongressColonial era legislature
- 1776American founding year
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
- freedomAbsence of constraint
revolution · patriotism · colonies · Boston Massacre · Braintree · Massachusetts · founding father · minutemen
Major war-ending diplomatic pact
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- FranceWestern European republic
- NetherlandsNorthwestern European constitutional monarchy
- BritainIsland off northwestern Europe
envoy · foreign policy · statesmanship · negotiation · Benjamin Franklin · recognition · alliance
Founding father, financial architect
- national bankGovernment-regulated financial institution
- centralizationUnifying control in one place
- tariffsTaxes on imports
- protective tariffsImport duties aiding domestic industry
judiciary · commerce · mercantilism · industrialization · faction · ratification · aristocracy · Quasi-War
Formal beginning ceremony
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- executiveSenior organizational leader
- White HouseOfficial presidential residence
- peaceful transferNonviolent change of power
1797 · Thomas Jefferson · successor · veto · policy · statecraft · leader
Those who construct frames
- checks and balancesConstitutional power-limiting framework
- separation of powersConstitutional distribution of authority
- bicameralHaving two chambers
- bill of rightsDocument listing protected liberties
ratification · republicanism · natural rights · civic virtue · rule of law · governance · charter · unalienable
Declaration of Independence
America's founding proclamation
- Continental CongressColonial era legislature
- 1776American founding year
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
freedom · revolution · patriotism · colonies · Boston Massacre · Braintree · Massachusetts · founding father · minutemen · Boston Tea Party
Treaty of Paris
Major war-ending diplomatic pact
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- FranceWestern European republic
- NetherlandsNorthwestern European constitutional monarchy
Britain · envoy · foreign policy · statesmanship · negotiation · Benjamin Franklin · recognition · alliance
Alexander Hamilton
Founding father, financial architect
- national bankGovernment-regulated financial institution
- centralizationUnifying control in one place
- tariffsTaxes on imports
protective tariffs · judiciary · commerce · mercantilism · industrialization · faction · ratification · aristocracy · Quasi-War
inauguration
Formal beginning ceremony
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- executiveSenior organizational leader
- White HouseOfficial presidential residence
peaceful transfer · 1797 · Thomas Jefferson · successor · veto · policy · statecraft · leader
framers
Those who construct frames
- checks and balancesConstitutional power-limiting framework
- separation of powersConstitutional distribution of authority
- bicameralHaving two chambers
bill of rights · ratification · republicanism · natural rights · civic virtue · rule of law · governance · charter · unalienable · sovereignty
- American RevolutionDeclaration of Independence, Boston Tea Party, Continental Congress, founding fathers, Stamp Act
- 1700sMozart, Voltaire, colonial period, French Revolution, William III
- VeepsJoe Biden, Kamala Harris, Al Gore, Dick Cheney, Mike Pence
- Adams Family
- American portraitsoil portraits, miniature portraits, presidential portraits, family portraits, self-portraits
- Bay StatersRobert Kennedy, Edward Kennedy, Paul Revere, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau
John AdamsThomas Jefferson
Third American president
James Madison · Aaron Burr · James Monroe · George Clinton · Patrick Henry
John AdamsGeorge Washington
Benjamin Franklin · Thomas Paine · Marquis de Lafayette · Patrick Henry · John Hancock
John AdamsGeorge Washington
Thomas Jefferson · Abraham Lincoln · Franklin D. Roosevelt · Andrew Jackson · Theodore Roosevelt