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He wanted the president to be addressed as “His Highness.”

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He wanted the president to be addressed as “His Highness.”

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The debate on how to properly address George Washington consumed Congress in the weeks after his 1789 inauguration. Adams, who presided over the Senate as the vice president, felt the office required a grand title to convey power on par with the royal courts of Europe.

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Adams died on the same day as Thomas Jefferson.

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Adams died on the same day as Thomas Jefferson.

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The two Declaration of Independence signee's both died 50 years to the day after the document’s adoption on July 4, 1826. On his deathbed, the 90-year-old Adams whispered, “Thomas Jefferson survives.”

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 He was the first president to live in the White House.

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 He was the first president to live in the White House.

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When President Adams arrived in Washington, D.C., from Philadelphia on June 3, 1800, the new national capital very much remained an active construction zone. The President’s House, later known as the White House, remained far from completion, so Adams was forced to reside in temporary quarters at Tunnicliffe’s City Hotel.

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He was the principal author of the oldest written constitution still in use in the world.

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He was the principal author of the oldest written constitution still in use in the world.

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Adams drafted the Massachusetts Constitution, which was approved by voters in 1780 and is still in effect today.

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Adams defended British soldiers after the Boston Massacre.

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Adams defended British soldiers after the Boston Massacre.

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Although Adams joined with the Sons of Liberty in objecting to what he believed was unfair taxation by the British government, the principled attorney believed in the primacy of the rule of law. After the killing of five colonists in the March 1770 Boston Massacre, Adams volunteered to represent the nine British soldiers charged with manslaughter to ensure they received a fair trial. Adams argued that the soldiers fired in self-defense against “a motley rabble” and won a surprising acquittal for seven of the defendants

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President Washington appointed Lee Attorney General on December 10, 1795. He continued in office under President Adams, serving until March 4, 1801. Later Lee declined President Jefferson's offer of the position of Chief Justice of the United States.

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He played an important role as Secretary of War during the presidency of John Adams. When he came to office, Adams wanted to keep the cabinet serving under him together.

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Samuel Dexter (1761 - 1816) resigned his seat as Massachusetts Senator in June 1800 to accept the position of Secretary of War in the Cabinet of President John Adams. Upon Secretary of the Treasury Oliver Wolcott's resignation in December 1800, Adams appointed Dexter an interim Secretary to serve until the inauguration of Thomas Jefferson as President.

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President John Adams nominated John Marshall to be Secretary of State on May 12, 1800, the same day that Adams dismissed Timothy Pickering. The U.S. Senate confirmed Marshall as Secretary of State the next day. He served as Secretary of State from June 6, 1800, until February 4, 1801, and then as ad interim Secretary of State until March 4, 1801.

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Adams thought Washington a great man but he never worshiped him. Adams implied to a French acquaintance while he was in France that Washington was looked up to because of his physical appearance, bearing, and ability to hide his temper.

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"The two party system is "the greatest political evil under our Constitution" "There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other."

Federalism the idea of a federal organization of more or less self-governing units.

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The new city of Washington in the District of Columbia 

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The new city of Washington in the District of Columbia 

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The new city of Washington in the District of Columbia becomes the official capital of the United States. It would not be until November that Congress convened in the new capital and Adams moved into the new Executive Mansion. June 1800

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Congress passes the Alien Act, granting President Adams the power to deport any alien he deemed potentially dangerous to the country's safety. June 25, 1798

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Congress Approves the First Alien and Sedition Act

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Congress Approves the First Alien and Sedition Act

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On June 18, 1798, Congress approved the first of four acts that collectively became known as the Alien and Sedition Acts.Congress passed the Alien and Sedition Acts in the summer of 1798 as tension between Federalists and Democratic-Republicans peaked. Federalists, led by President John Adams, sought a strong, orderly central government, and feared the chaos of the French Revolution. Democratic-Republicans accused Federalists of instituting a tyranny similar to the one they had struggled against in the American Revolution. Lauding the efforts of French revolutionaries, they believed that a minimal central government best served the people's interests.

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The Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution of the United States

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The Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution of the United States

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The Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is declared in full force by President Adams. It stipulates that federal courts shall not have the jurisdiction over litigation between individuals from one state against individuals from another state.

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The XYZ Affair was a political and diplomatic episode in 1797 and 1798, early in the administration of John Adams, involving a confrontation between the United States and Republican France that led to an undeclared war called the Quasi-War.

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John Adams was born on October 30, 1735, in Quincy, Massachusetts.  He studied at Harvard University, where he received his undergraduate degree and master's.  In 1774, he served on the First Continental Congress and helped draft the Declaration of Independence. Adams became the first vice president of the United States and the second president.