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Adams became an important leader in the fight for liberty. From 1774 to 1778 he was a member of the Continental Congress. He was also appointed to the committee to write the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson did most of the writing but it was Adams who debated and challenged Congress to approve this Declaration. After leaving Congress in October of 1777, Adams authored the constitution for Massachusetts. Adams' role during the revolution was that of a peace mediator. He was one of the men who drew up the final peace treaty with England. He then served as the United States Ambassador to England.
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John Adams followed George Washington as president of the United States, becoming the country's John Adams. U.S. President / Revolutionary War Figure
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In 1789, when George Washington was elected President, Adams was elected Vice President. Once he wrote his wife that his office of V. P. was "the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived." In 1797 Adams was elected President. The fledgling government was in turmoil. The Federalist Party, led by Alexander Hamilton, believed that government should by ruled by a small, powerful group of men. The Republican party believed that a system run by the mass of people would be best. Adams supported neither party but was elected by the Federalist.
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During this time, France and England were at war. Adams did not want to involve the U.S. in this war and sent a delegation to France to mediate peace. France refused to talk unless the U.S. paid them a vast sum of money. Adams although anxious for peace was not going to pay France a bribe. Instead he commissioned the establishment of the First U.S. Navy. The U.S. was not directly involved in this war but many battles were fought between France and U.S. warships. Against the wishes of Hamilton and the Federalist Party, Adams sent another delegation in 1800 to talk peace with France. This time France was receptive and the war was soon over.
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