The education of John Adams /
"Let us dare to read, think, speak and write." In 1765, John Adams, a twenty-nine-year-old Massachusetts lawyer, pondered the crisis engulfing Great Britain and its North American colonies. In his view, the dispute's focus was how the British Empire was to be governed under the unwrit...
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New York :
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Table of Contents:
- Preface "Let us dare to read, think, speak and write"
- "Something should be said of my origin": From Braintree to Harvard (1735-1755)
- "It is my Destiny to dig Treasures with my own fingers": Law and Marriage (1755-1765)
- "Britain and America are staring at each other": Revolutionary Advocate (1761-1774)
- "We must for the future stand upon our own Leggs or fall": Continental Congress and Independence (1774-1777)
- "May the Design of my Voyage be answered": Revolutionary Diplomat, Polemicist, and Constitution-Maker (1777-1783)
- "every phenomenon that occurs in the history of government": American Minister and Constitutional Commentator (1783-1788)
- "The most insignificant office": Vice President (1788-1797)
- "May none but wise and honest Men ever rule under this roof": President John Adams (1797-1801)
- "In dogmatizing, laughing, and scolding I find delight": Retirement (1801-1812)
- "What was the Revolution?" The Sage of Quincy (1812-1826)
- Epilogue: "Whether you or I were right Posterity must judge.": The Legacies of John Adams.