#6 – John Quincy Adams
#6 – John Quincy Adams
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Born: July 11, 1767
Birthplace: Braintree
(Quincy), Massachusetts
Political Party: Democratic
– Republican
Term: 1 (1825-29)
Vice President: John C.
Calhoun
Children 4
Died: February 23, 1848
#6 – John Quincy Adams
During the Revolutionary War he
received most of his education from his
mother and father.
 1777: At age 10 he went with his
father on diplomatic missions in Paris
and attended the University of Leiden.
 1785: returned to the U.S. – continued
his education at Harvard.
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#6 – John Quincy Adams
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1790: passed the bar exambecame a lawyer in Boston.
1794-97: U.S. minister to the
Netherlands (diplomat)
1797-1801: appointed
minister to Berlin (diplomat)
July 26, 1797: Married Louisa
Catherine Johnson
1803: elected a U.S. Senator
from Massachusetts.
1806-09: Taught at Harvard
(teacher)
#6 – John Quincy Adams
1809-14: Pres. Madison
appoints him minister to Russia
(diplomat)
 He was sent to make peace
negotiations for the War of
1812. (Treaty of Ghent)
 1815-17: President Madison
appoints him minister to
England.
 1817-24: Pres. Monroe
appoints him as Secretary of
State.
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#6 – John Quincy Adams
Election of 1824:
 3 candidates for President:
 John Q. Adams, Andrew
Jackson, and Henry Clay
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Result: Andrew Jackson
received the popular votes.
However, no candidate
received the majority of votes
needed to become President.
 Who decides?
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The House of representatives decides….just
like the election of 1801
Decision: Henry Clay decided to back out of
the race. In exchange he asks his supporters
to choose John Quincy Adams as President.
Adams then appoints Clay as his secretary of
state. Andrew Jackson is furious. He
believes that this is a ”crooked deal”.
1825-29: Elected the 6th President of the
United States.
1828: Passes the Tariff of abominations:
places protective tariffs on foreign goods.
(import taxes) Angers the south!
#6 – John Quincy Adams
He is unable to run for a
second term because of the
deal made in the election of
1824.
 1830-48: Elected as a U.S.
House of Representative
member from Massachusetts.
 1841: (United States v.
Amistad) Adams defends the
Amistad Africans. They are
able to return to Africa.
 February 23, 1848: Died in
the U.S. Capital building
(stroke)
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#6 – John Quincy Adams
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Interesting Facts:
1825: Democrats and
Republicans split up.
1825: Erie Canal Opens:
Shipping goods changed from
$100 a ton to $10 a ton. (saved
lots of money)
1828: Tariff of abominations
passed.
1829: B&O Railroad constructed.
(Baltimore and Ohio Railroad)
No states admitted