John Quincy Adams
... John Quincy Adams was one of those people. Many people think of John Quincy Adams as just the sixth president of the United States, but really he was a lot more than just that. ... In 1775, the early part of John Quincy Adams’ life he witnessed the Battle of Bunker Hill and the burning of Charlestown across the bay. ... In July of 1781, at the age of 14, John Quincy Adams left for St. ... In 1783, John Quincy Adams was called to Paris by his father and was appointed one of his secretaries. ... After a couple of years of being his father’s secretary he left Paris and returned to Quincy where he began private study to prepare for Harvard. ... After graduating from Harvard, John Q. Adams began a three year study of law under Theophilus Parsons of Newburyport, Massachusetts. ... In 1793, on April 24th, John Q. Adams began “Marcellus” articles. ... On November 30th, John Quincy Adams began writing “Columbus” articles. ... About six moths later in May of 1794, John Q. Adams was nominated by George Washington as Minister to the Dutch Republic. ... On September 17th, they made a trip to London to deliver State papers to John Jay. ... John Quincy Adams, thinking on the final debates, was aware of the United States surrender of the freedom of the seas.