John Adams was born in Massachusetts in 1735. After graduating from Harvard as a lawyer, he quickly became known as a member of the Patriot cause. He was selected by the Continental Congress in 1776 along with Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston and Robert Sherman to "draw up a declaration". Though more of a political philosopher than a politician, he became the first vice president under the first president George Washington, and even took the presidential …showed first 75 words of 989 total…

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