John_Quincy_Adams

John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams was born on July eleventh, 1767,in Quincy Massachusetts. John Quincy Adams was a child of the American Revolution. In 1767, the year of his birth, the British Parliament passed the Townshed Acts. John Quincy was the son of the second president John Adams. When John Adams was in Philadelphia organizing a colony-wide resistance to the British, his wife and their four children moved to Boston. John Adam’s wife took care of the children and their farm. The local school teacher left to join the Continental Army, leaving young John Quincy’s education at home with his mother. John Quincy was more advanced than most young men of his age entering Harvard. He was fluent in French, German, Latin and Dutch. From his father he picked up knowledge of geometry, trigonometry and calculus. John Quincy entered a preparatory school at Haverhill, and later he was admitted to Harvard as a junior, tuition free from his fathers services to his country. In his years at Harvard he studied law. At twenty-three Adams opened law offices in Boston. Having few clients John Adams had much time to think about his future. He often thought about politics. John Quincy also adams, john, quincy, years, louisa, after, house, tariff, secretary, office, jackson, clay, american, washington, votes, state, representatives, president, presidency, politics, much, minister, married, led, later, harvard, four, died, young, year, wife, war, united, today