Monticello will soon offer a guided tour experience to learn about the complicated relationship between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. Through the story of these two founders, ...

John Adams and John Quincy Adams were public figures who made significant contributions to the founding and expansion of the American republic, and an effort is being made to establish a memorial i… ...

John Adams once predicted, “Monuments will never be erected to me.” So far, he has been correct. The Adams Memorial Foundation has taken on the mission of ensuring that John Adams, Abigail ...

This journey was, in part, guided by one of America’s earliest champions of liberty – John Adams, a man who shaped not only his own time but laid the foundations for justice that resonate today.

So while John Adams, in Philadelphia, did not refrain from criticizing Jefferson in his January 6, 1794, letter to Abigail, in Massachusetts, he did so with care. Jefferson went off Yesterday, and ...

Although tariffs remained an issue during the Jefferson and James Madison presidencies, the Panic of 1819 and the end of the so-called Era of Good Feelings set the stage for tariffs to once again take ...

Young Thomas Jefferson's lack of skill with women — including one who turned down his marriage proposal — is explored in the new documentary series 'Thomas Jefferson'.

After John Wood and Willard Keyes settled on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River in the 1820s, they petitioned the Illinois Legislature to create “Adams County”, with their founding ...

Trade embargo, first American depression. Historically, disruptions in this trade relationship have caused severe hardship for the country that tinkers with it.

Herbert Hoover signed the retaliatory Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, and it only made the Great Depression worse. | Opinion ...

On March 4, 1801, John Adams rose before dawn. It was his last day as president, and he was leaving Washington in defeat. Adams had no intention of staying for the inauguration of Thomas Jefferson ...

The Only Known Letter Signed by Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, and John Adams Is Headed to Auction The note deals with international relations during the early days of the United States ...