But loyal colonists believed that British laws, however unpopular, should be obeyed. John Adams, a young, enterprising lawyer, had to choose. Would he accept Britain's Stamp Act or protest the law?

John Adams was many things: lawyer, diplomat, member of the Continental Congress, and one of the original signers of the Declaration of Independence. Adams was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, in ...

One of my favorite moments in John Adams’ 2008 autobiography Hallelujah Junction ... I kept returning to that image, of a young Adams soaking up game from an American genius, fascinated with jazz and ...

Like young girls of her time, Abigail lacked a formal education, but from youth she was intelligent, well read, and outspoken. On October 25, 1764, Abigail wed John Adams, commencing a partnership ...