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PRESIDENTS OF USA

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- Continental Congressmember;

- Signer of the Declaration ofIndependence;

- Negotiated treaty to end theRevolutionary War;

- Personally urged ThomasJefferson to write the Declarationof Independence;

- Was an American statesman,

diplomat and political theorist;- He died: July 4, 1826. John

Adams was ninety-one years old.

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John Adams on Independence Day

I am apt to believe that it [the 4th ofJuly]will be celebrated by succeeding generationsas the Great Anniversary Festival. It ought tobe commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance,

by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. Itought to be solemnized with pomp andparade, with shows, games, sports, guns,bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one

end of this continent to the other, from thistime forward forever.[July 3, 1776 letter to Abigail, his wife]

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John Quincy Adams

John Quincy

Adams (July 11,1767 February 23,

1848) wasthe sixth President ofthe United States from1825 to 1829 and the

first President whowas the son of aPresident.

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As a diplomat, Adamswas involved in many

international negotiations,

and helped formulatethe Monroe Doctrine as

Secretary of State.

Historians agree he was

one of the great diplomats

in American history.

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Born in Braintree, Massachusetts, in 1767, he

watched theB

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ill from the top ofPenn's Hill above the family farm. As secretary tohis father in Europe, he became a linguist anddiarist.

After graduating from Harvard College, hebecame a lawyer. At age 26 he was appointedMinister to the Netherlands, then promoted to theBerlin Legation. In 1802 he was elected to the

United States Senate. Six years later PresidentMadison appointed him Minister to Russia.

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Serving under President Monroe, Adams

was one of America's great Secretaries ofState, he formulated with the President the

Monroe Doctrine.

In the political tradition of the early 19th

century, Adams as Secretary of State was

considered the political heir to the Presidency.

But the old ways of choosing a President were

giving way in 1824 before the clamor for apopular choice.

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Within the one and only party--the

Republican--sectionalism and factionalismwere developing, and each section put up itsown candidate for the Presidency.

Upon becoming President, Adams

appointed Clay as Secretary of State. Jacksonand his angry followers charged that a"corrupt bargain" had taken place andimmediately began their campaign to wrest

the Presidency from Adams in 1828 but theydidnt succeed.

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John Quincy Adams on Independence Day

The highest glory of the American

Revolution was this; it connected in one

indissoluble bond the principles of civil

government with the principles of Christianity.

[July 4th, 1821]

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Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt(October 27, 1858 January 6,

1919) was the 26th President ofthe United States. He is noted forhis energetic personality, rangeof interests and achievements,

leadership of the ProgressiveMovement, and his "cowboy"image and robust masculinity.

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He was a leader of

the Republican Party and

founder of the short-lived Progressive Party of 1912.

Before becoming President

(190109), he held offices at

the municipal, state,

and federal level of government.

Roosevelt's achievements as

a naturalist, explorer, hunter, author, and soldier are as much a

part of his fame as any office he

held as a politician.

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Born into a wealthy family, Roosevelt was

an unhealthy child who sufferedfrom asthma and stayed at home

studying natural history. He attended Harvard,

where he boxed and developed an interest in

naval affairs. In 1881, one year out ofHarvard,

he was elected to the New York State

Assembly as its youngest member. Roosevelt's

first historical book, The Naval War of1812 (1882), established his professional

reputation as a serious historian.

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After a few years of living in the Badlands,

Roosevelt returned to New York City, where he

gained fame for fighting police corruption.

The SpanishAmerican War broke out while

Roosevelt was running the Department of the

Navy. He promptly resigned and led a smallregiment in Cuba known as the Rough Riders,

earning himself a nomination for the Medal of

Honor. After the war, he returned to New York

and was elected Governor in a close-fought

election. Within two years, he was elected Vice

President of the United States.