Discover John Adams, the principled, contradictory Founding Father whose crucial contributions to American independence and democracy have been overshadowed by his more famous contemporaries.
Best quote from America's Indispensable Revolutionary
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Adams believed that leadership meant doing what was right for the nation, not what was popular or politically advantageous. He understood that genuine freedom was fragile and rare, a precious achievement that required constant work to maintain.
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I’ve been reading 1776 by David McCullough and the Revolutionary by Stacey Chef and I’m wondering if I would be interested in reading the John Adams biography also by McCullough I’m not sure I know much about him. Can you develop a lesson about who he was and why he was so important and so interesting?
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