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PRESIDENTS OF USA
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Dutu LiviaEne Alexandra
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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
attle ofB
unkerH
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.
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