ABIGAIL’S MOTHER, ELIZABETH QUINCY, DIDN’T THINK TOO HIGHLY OF JOHN BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT LAWYERS WERE WICKED. THEY COURTED FOR SOME TIME. MRS SMITH WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DELAY, SUPPOSIVELY SHE COULD NOT BARE TO LOSE TWO DAUGHTERS IN ONE YEAR. UPON MARRIAGE TO JOHN, ABIGAIL MOVED TO BRAINTREE. SHE HAD TO TRANSITION FROM THE POSITION OF A FIRST FAMILY OF WEYMOUTH TO THE MODEST SOCIAL STANDING OF THE ADAMS. SOMEHOW ABIGAIL FOLLOWED THE SAME STEPS AS JOHN’S MOTHER (THE BOYLSTON, WAS ONE OF THE FIRST FAMILIES OF MASSACHUSETTS) WHO THOUGHT TO HAVE MARRIED BENEATH HER WHEN SHE CHOSE JOHN ADAMS. JOHN AND ABIGAIL TRAVELED A HARD ROAD IN THE BEGINNING. HE WAS A LAWYER AND FEES WERE LOW, IF PAID AT ALL. ABIGAIL ADAPTED TO HER NEW LIFESTYLE , RATHER THAN RELYING ON HER FAMILY FOR MONEY. SHE KEPT MOST OF HER VALUABLE ITEMS HIDDEN BECAUSE OF THE SOCIAL STATUE OF THE ADAMS. HE WAS PROUD OF HAVING HIS ARGUMENTS PUBLISHED IN SEVERAL NEWSPAPERS INCLUDING THE BOSTON GAZETTE AND LONDON. HE COURAGEOUSLY PARTICIPATED IN THE DEFENSE OF THE BRITISH SOLDIERS ACCUSED OF MURDER IN THE BOSTON MASSACRE. JOHN ADAMS WAS ELECTED TO SERVE IN THE MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE AND WENT TO PHILADELPHIA TO THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS (THE FIRST FEDERAL LEGISLATURE OF THE THIRTEEN COLONIES). AS A MEMBER OF THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, HE NOMINATED GEORGE WASHINGTON OF VIRGINIA TO BE COMMANDER IN CHIEF. HE SECONDED THE RESOLUTION OF RICHARD HENRY LEE OF VIRGINIA “THAT THESE UNITED COLONIES ARE, AND OF RIGHT OUGHT TO BE, FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES.” HE SERVED ON THE COMMITTEE TO DRAFT A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. JOHN ADAMS PUT HIS CAREER ON HOLD AND DIVIDED HIS TIME IN PROMOTING THE REVOLUTIONARY CAUSE AND SERVING IN NUMEROUS CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES. BEFORE HE SELECTED A DUTY OR APPOINTMENT, HE FIRST CONSULTED WITH ABIGAIL. ADAMS SERVED WITH BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AS A JOINT COMMISSIONER TO FRANCE, BECAUSE OF THEIR LOYALTY TO THE ...
