This is an excellent full length biography of America's second
president who was the Colossus of Independence' arguing for the
passage of the Declaration of Independence on the floor of the
Second Continental Congress. Adams' venerated political writings
established the framework for our nation's government on the state
and federal levels. A fine judge of character, Adams nominated
George Washington to lead the Continental Army, negotiated foreign
loans to aid the Revolution, gained recognition for America's
independence abroad, and was part of the diplomatic team ending the
Revolutionary War with the Treaty of 1783. Chosen as America's
first ambassador to Britain, Adams renewed amicable relations with
the former mother country. Through his political writings, Adams
influenced the framework for the U.S. Constitution with his earlier
state constitution for Massachusetts. Elected as Vice President
when George Washington was elected first U.S. President, Adams
established the ground rules for the U.S. Senate to operate,
presiding as he did over that august legislative body. He served as
Washington's right hand man and when elected to the presidency
himself in 1796 he carried on Washington's "no entangling
alliances" policies and made his own decision to keep the U.S. out
of a full-scale war with France during the French Revolution. His
Puritan New England background buttressed his sense of morality
which he infused into every document he wrote and which dictated
his close family relationships especially with his wife Abigail
Smith Adams. John Adams was the "thinker" for the revolutionary
generation who incorporated all elements of the American political
tradition such as republicanism, the separation of powers, the
compact theory for government's creation, the separation of church
and state, the need for public education, the necessity for all
citizens to enjoy the guarantees outlined later in the Bill of
Rights, and the concept that the federal government should rise
above the states. The brainpower of John Adams, through his notable
documents and treatises, established the American political
tradition. This book, covering Adams' life chapters from birth to
death, shows in both public and private life how John Adams was
morality triumphant, and was one of the most intelligent of the
Founding Fathers.
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