While John Adams called for a declaration of independence ... More than 25,000 men -- a quarter of those who served in the Continental army and Continental navy -- had perished in the fight ...

John Adams was born on October 30 ... His nomination of George Washignton to be commander of the Continental Army was crucial to the success of the war. As a diplomat in France and the ...

John Adams was many things: lawyer, diplomat, member of the Continental Congress, and one of the original signers of the Declaration of Independence. Adams was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, in ...