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The 24 pages that link to John Adams, each with the reason it gives.

• Thomas JeffersonRelated: A fellow revolutionary who became Jefferson’s vice president, political rival, and later correspondent.

• George WashingtonRelated: He succeeded Washington as president after the 1796 election.

• Benjamin FranklinRelated: Franklin and Adams negotiated with Britain and France, sometimes clashing over diplomatic strategy.

• Alexander HamiltonRelated: Adams inherited a Federalist administration divided by Hamilton’s influence and factional maneuvering.

• John Quincy AdamsRelated: His father shaped Adams’s education and diplomatic career before Adams entered national politics.

• Federalist PartyRelated: Adams’s presidency exposed divisions within the party over diplomacy and dissent.

• Marbury v. MadisonRelated: Adams appointed Marbury and other Federalists to offices near the end of his presidency.

• Criminal trialRelated: His defense of the soldiers illustrates the principle that accused people deserve legal representation.

• John JayRelated: Adams served with Jay on the diplomatic mission that negotiated peace with Britain.

• Alien and Sedition ActsRelated: Adams signed the acts and enforced the Alien Friends Act.

• Continental CongressRelated: He argued for independence and helped shape congressional policy during the Revolution.

• The CantosRelated: Pound presents Adams as a model of political thought and economic judgment.

• First Continental CongressRelated: His notes and writings offer a record of the Congress’s debates and his evolving views.

• Abigail AdamsRelated: Their marriage and correspondence joined political partnership with family life.

• Quasi-WarRelated: Adams resisted calls for a full war while strengthening American naval defenses.

• Henry AdamsRelated: Henry Adams was his great-grandson and wrote about the family’s political legacy.

• XYZ AffairRelated: He sent the envoys and later pursued diplomacy rather than declaring war.

• Patrick HenryRelated: Adams’s arguments against parliamentary taxation paralleled Henry’s Virginia campaign against the Stamp Act.

• Fourth Anglo-Dutch WarRelated: His 1780 mission to the Netherlands advanced American-Dutch relations during the crisis.

• Robert AdamRelated: John’s architectural practice provided Robert an initial professional base.

• William BinghamRelated: Bingham served as a diplomatic representative in Europe during the revolutionary generation Adams helped lead.