Why was John Adams important in the Revolutionary War?
Adams became an important leader in the fight for liberty. From 1774 to 1778 he was a member of the Continental Congress. He was also appointed to the committee to write the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson did most of the writing but it was Adams who debated and challenged Congress to approve this Declaration. After leaving Congress in October of 1777, Adams authored the constitution for Massachusetts. Adams’ role during the revolution was that of a peace mediator. He was one of the men who drew up the final peace treaty with England. He then served as the United States Ambassador to England. In 1789, when George Washington was elected President, Adams was elected Vice President. Once he wrote his wife that his office of V. P. was “the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived.” In 1797 Adams was elected President. The fledgling government was in turmoil. The Federalist Party, led by Alexander Hamilton, believed that g
