Youtube john quincy adams biography 2014

John Quincy Adams, the son of the second President of the United States, became the sixth President of the United States.

But the road to that prize was anything but smooth.

Youtube john quincy adams biography 2014

Jane Hampton Cook, author of American Phoenix, tells how this formidable and intimidating man overcame every obstacle in his path.

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Imagine your father expected you to grow up to be President of the United States.

Now imagine you did.

That was John Quincy Adams.

His father, John Adams, was a leading figure in the American Revolution and the second President of the United States.

That’s a lot to live up to.

But John Quincy did it… and more.

Born on July 11, 1767, near Boston, he grew up in a time of turmoil.

At the age of seven, in 1775, he watched the Battle of Bunker Hill from a hilltop near his family home.

In 1778, Congress sent his father to Paris to help convince the French to support th