By the time the First Continental Congress adjourned in October 1774, significant steps had been taken toward Adams' goal ... The first session of the Second Continental Congress lasted from ...

By the time the First Continental Congress adjourned in October 1774, significant steps had been taken toward Adams' goal ... The first session of the Second Continental Congress lasted from ...

John Adams was many things: lawyer, diplomat, member of the Continental Congress, and one of the original signers of the Declaration of Independence. Adams was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, in ...