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 ...

"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.

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 ...

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 ...

"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.