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Us constitution vice president12/30/2023 Adams, however, had become a prominent advocate of separation of powers and of checks and balances to protect against the power of absolute government. (Image via Massachusetts Historical Society, created by Benjamin Blyth circa 1766, public domain) Adams advocated separation of powers and checks and balancesĪdams was serving as an ambassador in London during the Constitutional Convention of 1787, so he did not have a direct impact on the drafting of the Constitution. Because John Adams was serving as an ambassador in London during the Constitutional Convention of 1787, he did not have a direct impact on the drafting of the Constitution. The leading advocate for independence at the Second Continental Congress and a member of the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence, Adams served the United States during the Revolutionary War as an ambassador to the Court of Louis XVI in Paris and as ambassador to the Netherlands. In his most famous case, he defended British soldiers who stood trial after the Boston Massacre in 1770. Adams was a leading lawyer and advocate for independenceīorn in Massachusetts Bay Colony, Adams received his education from Harvard and became a leading lawyer in Massachusetts during the colonial era. John Adams (1735–1826), who served as the first vice president of the United States and then as its second President, also influenced the development of constitutional government through his political writings and thought. (Image via the Naval Historical Center, painted by Asher Brown Durand, public domain) He was supportive of many First Amendment principles although he did believe in established churches.
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