"The man to whom the country is most indebted for the great measure of independency is Mr. John Adams of Boston," whom he called the "Atlas of Independence." But Jefferson would be history's hero.

I have seen the line "Independence now, independence forever!" attributed to Daniel Webster but I have been unable to locate the line in any of ...

John Adams was born on October 30 ... Although not yet committed to independence, Adams' essays published in the 1760s intimated the strong stance he would soon adopt. As British treatment ...

Like Adams, John Jay, the third delegate, refused to negotiate until England recognized American independence. For once Franklin went against France's wishes and agreed to present a unified front.

John Adams was many things: lawyer, diplomat, member of the Continental Congress, and one of the original signers of the Declaration of Independence. Adams was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, in ...

Founding Father John Adams saw it coming. Commemoration of America’s independence “ought to ... Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more,” Adams wrote in a letter to ...

Ever prescient, John Adams rightly predicted that Benjamin Franklin would forever occupy an elevated ... the Declaration of Independence; the Treaty of Paris; and the United States Constitution.

Ever prescient, John Adams rightly predicted that Benjamin Franklin would forever occupy an elevated ... the Declaration of Independence; the Treaty of Paris; and the United States Constitution.