| john adams definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | 0 | 24 sets |
| 2 | 1797-1801 | 21 sets |
| 3 | 2nd president | 18 sets |
| 4 | america's first vice-president and second president. sponsor of the american revolution in massachusetts, and wrote the massachusetts guarantee that freedom of press "ought not to be restrained." | 16 sets |
| 5 | attorney who helped the patriot cause; first vice president | 16 sets |
| 6 | lawyer who defended british soldiers in the boston massacre trial. he believed in "innocent until proven guilty." in spite of these actions, he supported colonial independence. | 11 sets |
| 7 | second president | 11 sets |
| 8 | 1st vice president | 10 sets |
| 9 | 2nd president of the united states (1735-1826) | 8 sets |
| 10 | first vice president | 7 sets |
| 11 | second president of the united states | 6 sets |
| 12 | 2nd president of united states | 6 sets |
| 13 | 2nd u.s. president. 1979-1801. federalist | 6 sets |
| 14 | xyz affair | 6 sets |
| 15 | 2nd | 5 sets |
| 16 | patriot leader during the american revolution and second president of the united states. | 5 sets |
| 17 | vice president | 5 sets |
| 18 | federalist | 4 sets |
| 19 | the second president of the united states, 1797-1801. he was the first president to live in the white house. | 4 sets |
| 20 | massachusetts | 3 sets |
| 21 | used lawyer skills to argue for justice | 3 sets |
| 22 | alien and sedition acts | 3 sets |
| 23 | second | 3 sets |
| 24 | 2nd president of the united states | 3 sets |
| 25 | said, "the revolution was effected before the war commenced. the revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people...this radical change in the principles, opinions, sentiments, and affections of the peoplej was the real american revolution." | 3 sets |
| 26 | a federalist who was vice president under washington in 1789, and later became president by three votes in 1796. known for his quarrel with france, and was involved in the xyz affair, quais war, and the convention of 1800. later though he was also known for his belated push for peace w/ france in 1800. regarding his personality he was a "respectful irritation". | 3 sets |
| 27 | the lawyer who made sure protests were legal | 3 sets |
| 28 | he was the second president of the united states and a federalist. he was responsible for passing the alien and sedition acts. prevented all out war with france after the xyz affair. his passing of the alien and sedition acts severely hurt the popularity of the federalist party and himself | 3 sets |
| 29 | sedition act | 3 sets |
| 30 | person sent to london to discuss occupation of forts in great lakes region and trade problems. | 3 sets |
| 31 | second president, federalist, unabashedly insulted french --> more hatred toward america from french bc they had issues and were at war with britain, leads to impressment and undeclared war | 2 sets |
| 32 | second president. joined congress | 2 sets |
| 33 | 1735-1826 born in braintree (quincy) massachusetts. a harvard educated lawyer, cousin of sam adams. a through but cautious patriot, defended the british soldiers accused in the boston massacre. among those who drafted the declaration of independence. envoy to france and holland, during the war. instrumental in obtaining aid from both of these countries. | 2 sets |
| 34 | the intellectual leader of the conservative federalists. | 2 sets |
| 35 | 4 years | 2 sets |
| 36 | born in braintree mass.,educated lawyer, cousin of samuel adams, cautious patriot, defended colonists accused in the boston massacre, helped draft the declaration of independence,and was america's representative to france and holland during the war | 2 sets |
| 37 | 1st vice pres&2nd pres of the us | 2 sets |
| 38 | ambassador to great britian did not attened the conventions | 2 sets |
| 39 | a two-party system emerged during his administration | 2 sets |
| 40 | 2nd (1797-1801) | 2 sets |