John Quincy Adams: Dedicated to America | 5 Minute Videos
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
- John Quincy Adams, the son of the second President of the United States, became the sixth President of the United States. But the road to that prize was anything but smooth. Jane Hampton Cook, author of American Phoenix, tells how this formidable and intimidating man overcame every obstacle in his path.
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Imagine your father expected you to grow up to be President of the United States.
Now imagine you did.
That was John Quincy Adams.
His father, John Adams, was a leading figure in the American Revolution and the second President of the United States.
That’s a lot to live up to.
But John Quincy did it… and more.
Born on July 11, 1767, near Boston, he grew up in a time of turmoil. At the age of seven, in 1775, he watched the Battle of Bunker Hill from a hilltop near his family home.
In 1778, Congress sent his father to Paris to help convince the French to support the American War of Independence. John Quincy traveled with him - a ten-year-old diplomat in training.
And what a training it was.
For the next seven years, in addition to France, John Quincy lived in Great Britain, the Netherlands, Russia, and Sweden, learning first-hand the art of diplomacy.
By the time he returned to the United States in 1785 at the age of 18, he had absorbed not only the customs of these countries but learned to speak their languages as well.
After graduating from Harvard, he took up the law. But reading legal documents all day bored him to tears. The world was changing fast, and he wanted to be in the middle of it.
Which is right where he landed.
You forgot his famous quote, "duty is ours; results are God's" as he fought against slavery.
JQ Adams was absolutely an Exemplary American! The fact that he didn't stop when he couldn't achieve his goals as POTUS shows the true constitution of the man.
I am imagining what it would be like in the House with a representative with the substantial Secret Service detail a former president of today has.
As someone who grew up in Quincy, Massachusetts, and knows quite a bit of the Adams', you did his story justice.
Thank God for Prager University. My nephew and niece now know more about American politics and history than any of their peers in class (they are 12 and 14 respectively). I know more about American politics and history than anyone I know...and this is all 100% due to Prageru.
In his final term, he would serve as mentor to Abraham Lincoln and would pass the torch on to him.
Yes!
Love watching these videos on history
Fun fact: John Quincy Adams would go for skinny dips in the tributary of Timber Creek, apocryphally it was during one of these swims that Anne Royall became the first woman to interview a sitting US president by gathering his clothes and sitting on them until he agreed to answer her questions.
I heard that he also skinny dipped in the Potomac when president, but that might just have been embellishment by a high school history teacher of my acquaintance (Ms. Snider).
JQA was a great American and like his father he was the son of Braintree, Massachusetts.
The history videos are my favorite from this company.
Thank you for making these videos. I learn a lot about our history with each one.
If you haven't seen the John Adams TV-series from 2008, you really should.
Adams lived such a long life that he was alive when the Mexican American War ended on 2/2/1848 , 3 weeks before he died
he also disaproved of the mexican american war
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Well done!
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My maternal grandfather's great-great grandfather was William H. Crawford, one of the candidates for President when the election went to the House for decision in 1824.
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Weren't we just an Eisenhower? I thought these were chronological.
Y’all should collaborate with David and Tim Barton of Wallbuilders. They are experts on our Founding Fathers and the beliefs of our country.
I’m related to both JQA and JA! 3rd cousins!
So? Does that make YOU special?
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"When God calls you to be a ditch-digger, you'd have to take a step down to be President." - Mark Lowry's father
True leaders don't need powerful titles to serve their people.
Some presidents are the best ditch diggers; they just keep digging and digging and digging...
1at, 10 July 2024
Arguably, at that time, Congress had more power.
That first sentence applies to Gavin Newsom. It ends there, total 180.
The Monroe Doctrine held until Jokebiden came along... Russian warships in Cuba anybody??
JQ Adams: "My Father was President."
G.W. Bush: "Mine too."
he also disaproved of the mexican american war
that's a face for radio if I've ever seen one
Dang. Home girls eyes are... wrong
America NEEDS to acknowledge her SINS!
PragerU is Israeli propaganda but John Quincy Adams is still goated
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