Seven Founders -- George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay -- determined the destinies of the new nation.

John Adams fashioned much of pre-Revolutionary radical ideology, wrote the constitution of his home state of Massachusetts, negotiated, with Franklin and Jay, the peace with Britain and served as our first Vice President and our second President.

John Adams dismissed John Dickinson, who voted against the Declaration of Independence, as `` a certain great fortune and piddling genius ''.

John Adams took to heart the advice given him by his legal mentor, Jeremiah Gridley, to `` pursue the study of the law, rather than the gain of it ''.

John Adams asserted in the Continental Congress' Declaration of Rights that the demands of the colonies were in accordance with their charters, the British Constitution and the common law, and Jefferson appealed in the Declaration of Independence `` to the tribunal of the world '' for support of a revolution justified by `` the laws of nature and of nature's God ''.

Upon arriving at Baltimore, Selkirk on December 22 wrote to John Quincy Adams, Secretary of State at Washington, inquiring about laws covering trade with `` Missouri and Illinois Territories ''.

Weld contributed to the anti-slavery convictions of such men as Joshua R. Giddings and Edwin M. Stanton, enlisted John Quincy Adams, and helped provide ideas which underlay Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.

It became the expectation — rather than the exception — that those in the public eye should write about themselves — not only writers such as Charles Dickens ( who also incorporated autobiographical elements in his novels ) and Anthony Trollope, but also politicians ( e. g. Henry Brooks Adams ), philosophers ( e. g. John Stuart Mill ), churchmen such as Cardinal Newman, and entertainers such as P. T. Barnum.

* 1782 – John Adams secures the Dutch Republic's recognition of the United States as an independent government.

* 1800 – The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $ 5, 000 USD to purchase " such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress ".

They were signed into law by President John Adams.

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In April 1823, US Secretary of State John Quincy Adams discussed the rules of political gravitation, in a theory often referred to as the " ripe fruit theory ".

John Adams, known by baseball fans as " The Drummer ", has played a bass drum at nearly every home game since 1973.

* 1831 – Former US President John Quincy Adams takes his seat in the House of Representatives.

It carried the words, " No Stamp Act, No Sedition Act, No Alien Bills, No Land Tax, downfall to the Tyrants of America ; peace and retirement to the President ; Love Live the Vice President ," referring to then-President John Adams and Vice President Thomas Jefferson.

According to US President John Adams, Ponet's work contained " all the essential principles of liberty, which were afterward dilated on by Sidney and Locke ", including the idea of a three-branched government.

He was appointed by President John Adams as Director of the United States Mint, serving from 1795 until 1805.

He did not stand for re-election in 1792, and was a presidential elector for John Adams in the 1796 election.

* 1947 – John Coolidge Adams, American composer

* 1825 – After no presidential candidate receives a majority of electoral votes in the election of 1824, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams President of the United States.

Nominated by John Adams of Massachusetts, Washington was then appointed Major General and Commander-in-chief.

John Adams, who received the next highest vote total, was elected Vice President.

* November 15 – John Witherspoon, American signer of the Declaration of Independence ( b. 1723 )

* February 15 – John Witherspoon, American signer of the Declaration of Independence ( d. 1794 )

It was originally named for John Hancock, Governor of Massachusetts and famous signer of the American Declaration of Independence, with its county seat at Houston.

It was created from Brooke County in 1848, and named for John Hancock, first signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Caroline native John Penn was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, albeit as a delegate from North Carolina.

Its county seat is Findlay and was named for John Hancock, the first signer of the Declaration of Independence.

The cemetery of the Wilmington Friends House is the burial site of the abolitionist Thomas Garrett and John Dickinson, signer of the U. S. Constitution.

Formed from portions of Sullivan, Trenton and Plantation No. 8, the town was incorporated by the state legislature on February 21, 1828 and named for John Hancock, signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Paca House ( CE-111 ; circa 1750 ): John Paca, the brother of Governor William Paca a signer of the Declaration of Independence, lived in Charlestown during the mid-1700s.

John Hanson was elected first President by the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation ; Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer was a signer of the United States Constitution ; and Thomas Stone was one of four of the Maryland delegation who signed the Declaration of Independence.

The home may have been the birthplace of Daniel Carroll, a signer of the US Constitution, and his brother, John Carroll, the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Church in America.

* John Hart ( c. 1711-1779 ), signer of the United States Declaration of Independence.

Morton was named after Sketchley Morton, son of John Morton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and the delegate who cast the deciding vote in favor of American independence.

John Morton, signer of the American Declaration of Independence, was born and raised in a log cabin adjacent to East Ridley Avenue.

In January 1851, Pickett married Sally Harrison Minge, the daughter of Dr. John Minge of Virginia, the great-great-grandniece of President William Henry Harrison, and the great-great-granddaughter of Benjamin Harrison, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence.

John Hancock, the famous signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, signed the school's articles of incorporation.

Alison's students included " a surprisingly large number of active, well-known patriots ,” including three signers of the Declaration of Independence, who " learned their patriotic principles from Hutcheson and Alison .” Another signer of the Declaration of Independence, John Witherspoon of the College of New Jersey ( now Princeton University ), relied heavily on Hutcheson's views in his own lectures on moral philosophy.

In 1783, he married his cousin, Lucy Penn, daughter of John Penn of North Carolina, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

* John Hancock, signer of the U. S. Declaration of Independence, fourth President of the Continental Congress, American diplomat and statesman.

Pendleton was also involved in the education of at least two nephews, John Penn ( signer of the Declaration of Independence ) and John Taylor of Caroline, U. S. Senator.

John Williams ( March 14, 1731 – October 10, 1799 ) was a signer of the United States ' Articles of Confederation.

John Hart ( c. 1711 – May 11, 1779 ) was a Delegate from New Jersey to the Continental Congress and a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence.

Hooper was also a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, along with fellow North Carolinians Joseph Hewes and John Penn.