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John Adams

John Adams was born on October 30, 1735, on the family farm in the North Precinct of Braintree, Massachusetts. He was the second of five children to his parents John and Susanna Boylston Adams. John's father was his role model because he wasn't only a farmer by trade, but he also took on many other time consuming jobs around the community to help others. Everyone in his hometown in some way dealt with him because he owned the titles of: the deacon of the church, selectman, tax collector, constable, and the lieutenant of the militia. John's mother was from a very wealthy Boston family, but infamous for having a bad temper. She remarried in 1766 following the death of John's father five years earlier due to the flu epidemic. John never got along with his stepfather, Lieutenant John Hall.
John's childhood days were valuable to him as his parents gave him much freedom to learn and explore for himself. Like most young boys, he showed no ambition during grade school; but he certainly cherished the outdoors and would prefer to hunt than to be involved with anything else. He enjoyed hunting so much that he would transport a gun to school with him everyday so that he could hunt on his walk home. John's parents began worrying about his lack of interest in education when he was about ten years old. His father asked him one day what he wanted to do when grew up and John's answer was to be a farmer. The next day, his father led him to the monotonous fields to prove to John that hard work and no education would haunt him for the remainder of his life. He was treated as an adult would be dealt with while on the job and after the extensive day finally came to an end, John strolled back to his home; exhausted,

sore, and covered in dirt. The following day, his father questioned him about his experiences spent laboring in the fields the day before and if he still desired to be a farmer. Shockingly enough, John's reply to his father remained constant and portrays...