Quincy, MA
3 documented events — from first stirrings to the final shots.
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Jun
Abigail Adams Watches the Battle of Bunker Hill
Abigail's letter describing the battle — including the smoke visible from Penn's Hill — is one of the most vivid firsthand accounts of the engagement and a foundational document of women's participation in Revolutionary life.
5
Sep
John Adams Serves in the Continental Congress
Adams was among the most intellectually rigorous members of the Congress, drafting arguments for independence and insisting on legal and constitutional foundations for the break with Britain.
27
Adams Negotiates the Treaty of Paris
Adams's insistence on fishing rights and explicit British recognition of American sovereignty shaped the treaty in ways that secured American independence more completely than France had intended.
