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John Adams called the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 "war measures," but to opponents, they were unconstitutional and indefensible.
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The capture of the Bastille ignited one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution.
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From the moment John Adams entered the presidency in 1797, the United States was in a state of undeclared war with France.
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In 1788, when John Adams returned from Europe to a hero's welcome, he came home to limitless possibilities.Â
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Between 1778 and 1788, John Adams served his country as a diplomat in France, the Netherlands, and Great Britain.Â
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The First Continental Congress formed in response to the British Parliament's passage of the Intolerable Acts.
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On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress voted unanimously to declare independence from Great Britain.
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Of all the words that spilled from Abigail Adams' pen, none are more famous than those of March 31, 1776.Â
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In January 1776, Thomas Paine sounded the call for revolution with his pamphlet Common Sense .
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This bloody event galvanized the colonists, helping to swing popular sentiment toward revolution.
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A descendant of John Ball, the medieval English preacher who led the first popular rebellion in England, George Washington led his own fight for independence in America.
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By all accounts, Jefferson was incomparably brilliant and insatiably curious.
