The next year the Commission recommended special attention to the papers of five persons—Franklin, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Hamilton and Madison. The Commission’s report provided a ...

The day ended in a British retreat to Boston. But the war would be long — John Adams had predicted it might span 10 years — and the outcome never assured. On June 17, the Americans ...

From the moment John Adams entered the presidency in 1797, the United States was in a state of undeclared war with France. The Quasi-War, as it was known, dominated his presidency, monopolizing ...

The historical moment happened on Jan. 14, 1784, when the Continental Congress ratified, or approved, the Treaty of Paris, ...

Nevertheless, he managed to avoid a retaliatory war with France through diplomacy. Adams was the first president to take up residence in the President’s House (the original name of the White House).