Reddit reviews John Adams

Of course the book by David McCullough is excellent.

John Adams by David Mccullough is an EXCELLENT book that really describes the life and times of our second President, as well as the people and places of the revolution. John Adams was a key figure in the times, and his experiences are a great lens with which to view the whole of the time period.

I would most highly recommend this book, it is a great read and genuinely a page turner, which is most rare for a historical biography.

Adams was CHRONICALLY cantankerous and constantly hung up on everything. He nearly derailed trade and alliance negotiations that Benjamin Franklin had been working on for years during his time in Paris by being a "puritanical complainer" (as reported by Ron Chernow in his biography of Benny F) and was so inconsolably morose and snippish during his time as president that he frequently stayed away from the Presidential mansion in Philadelphia when he was cheesed off and would half-heartedly conduct business from his home instead (David McCullough's book on the man).

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A lot of his complaining ends up coming off as accurate just because he did SO MUCH OF IT, it's great.

Sorry, that is kinda snowflake education there and I do understand, I work in EdPub so I know what they're teaching you.

Natural LAW is stated and spelled out as the rights each human are inherently born with. Those rights shall not abridged by any means as the 2nd amendment states.

What you're getting confused with is The Law of Nature. It's kind of sad I have to explain this to you. It's not your fault.

I just finished a college text that was so horrifically biased and inaccurate I came very close to uploading it to Wikileaks. On page 346 it even had a lovely bit on Hillary being elected the first woman president of the US..and a feature on the Ferguson thing...that was called PEACEFUL protests and failed to mention the facts in evidence...it was bullshit from stem to stern...and that is a college fucking textbook on government. It had less than 3 pages on the Rev. War...and the formation of government COMPLETELY ignored the process by which the US gov was founded. You can learn about it on your own...by actually reading the letters (unedited) in books like John Adams https://www.amazon.com/John-Adams-David-McCullough/dp/0743223136
and you will be able to read for yourself the absolute amazing process by which our form of government was created. The discourse, the fights, the ...it was amazing. If you want to learn the truth about Lincoln and read UNEDITED things...read DiLorenzo's work.

Seriously there is so much fucking asshattery being taught today to shape this helpless feeling I get from your words. I was forced to edit a feature I wrote on Lincoln...because you can't tell black people the Civil War wasn't about slavery...even though I was quoting Lincoln.

The Civil War is so horridly taught now...that there's no recovering. It was STATES rights. And greed. Each state that joined the union ONLY DID SO with the express agreement they could leave if they didn't like it. This is not a discussion about the morality of slavery...they could have and would have ended slavery naturally by forbidding new states joining the union from having slavery. The Civil War was the FIRST illegal war. It was about state's rights and the slaves being freed was incidental. Each time some uneducated tard tries to argue that I ask one question...explain to me why thousands upon thousands of dirt fucking poor white folk would fight to hold on to a system that did not benefit them for a second? Less than 1% of the US population owned slaves. Second point...how is it possible that the people who suffered the most and lost everything were the dirt poor crackers? Sure Sherman did a lot of damage...but oddly anyone can drive down south and see endless intact plantation homes...it was the punishment to the poor for daring to fight for the right of self determination.

And you can go right now and read endless shitposts on the Internet saying I'm wrong...without getting an answer to those two questions. So if you really want an education read DiLorenzo...LINCOLN unedited and you just might start getting angry at how horrifically you've been manipulated.

The truth is out there...but you have to go looking.

Hamilton was a controversial figure to say the least. During his time in Washington's cabinet, he was fundamental to the creation of the policies of the Federalist party. He was frequently reviled by the Democratic-Republican press, accused of being a secret monarchist, enriching himself at the expense of the government, and poisoning the mind of the otherwise perfect George Washington. He also did not have positive relationships with either Jefferson or Adams. While Jefferson thought his policies were dangerous Adams disliked him for much more personal reasons. During the elections of 1792 and 1796, Hamilton secretly lobbied against Adams, ostensibly so that Washington would be elected unanimously. Not surprisingly, Adams took that personally, and never forgave him.

One of the frequent criticisms that was lobbied against Hamilton was that he was too ambitious. During the quasi-war with France (1798-1800), Adams placed Washington in charge of the army in case of a French invasion. Due to Washington's age, he appointed Hamilton to be his deputy, meaning that he was essentially in control of the army. When it became clear that France was not going to invade, and the army would not be needed. Hamilton began to suggest various other military targets that he could attack (Florida or Spanish Louisiana). Southern Democratic-Republicans also spread rumors that Hamilton planned to march on them, placing himself at the head of a coup.

While he may have been interested, Hamilton never really had an opportunity to run for president. Of the 4 elections he lived through (he died in 1804), two were unanimously won by Washington, and John Adams was the Federalist candidate in the other two.

As to whether or not he could have won - probably not. He was despised by the Democratic-Republicans and distrusted by some members of his own party. Additionally, after Jefferson's election in 1800, the Democratic-Republican party controlled the presidency for the next 30 years. So even if he had not died in 1804, he may never have had a good opportunity.

Finally, another strike against Hamilton was his involvement in the 'first American sex scandal.' Democratic-Republican newspaper editor James Thomson Callender published that Hamilton had been making secret payments to James Reynolds. After Reynolds was jailed for a financial scheme, Callender insinuated that Hamilton was involved. Hamilton responded by stating that he wasn't involved in any such scheme, he'd just been sleeping with Reynolds' wife. (He even issued a pamphlet saying such.) This scandal, combined with the general dislike for him throughout the country would almost certainly have kept him from ever being elected President.


Further Reading

• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
  
  
• [Washington a Life by Ron Chernow] (http://www.amazon.com/Washington-Life-Ron-Chernow/dp/0143119966/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1462079461&sr=8-1&keywords=washington++a+life)
  
  
• John Adams by David McCullough

John Adams

This guy lived an amazing life first off. Second reading his Bio is a really good way to learn about the American Revolution and 18th century Europe. \

http://www.amazon.com/John-Adams-David-McCullough/dp/0743223136

George Washington

John Adams

Thomas Jefferson

James Madison

Andrew Jackson

Those are my suggestions to get you started.

This book actually began my red pilling, I saw the intent and sacrifice of the founders for the first time. One of the most well written books ever and it is based on true precise history. All the letters written between Adams and others were a key part of the historical picture. The HBO series is also great but read the book first.

https://www.amazon.com/John-Adams-David-McCullough/dp/0743223136/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1487202896&sr=8-4&keywords=john+adams

Yeah. that and there were at least four shows shooting for my demographic with similar "partners who come to love each other" crap main lines. Warehouse 13, that spy show with the blond chick and blind techie (covert operations?), Bones, NCIS does it from time to time...

So I turned off the TV and haven't looked back. I can thoroughly recommend John Adams' biography for intrigue, world travel, duty, rogues, and romance.

John Adams by David McCullough. Amazing book. Such an interesting journey with so many interactions with historical events. And it was real... which is easy to forget.

If you are not a fan of the show you can try reading the book it based off of.

https://www.amazon.com/John-Adams-David-McCullough/dp/0743223136

Obviously the book goes into a lot more detail but they are both very good IMO.