about the john adams of a younger man. and that is this is the one on the right is the john adams of the 1760s when he's about 40 years old and he's i love this this portrait of him because he's kind of giving us a little bit of side eye here. he's kind of he's kind of showing a little bit of playfulness and that i think reflects that if we were to go back and look at these things like i did what would we find? we would not find that the war has nothing to do with the argumentation of what the revolution is about. it would not be something that is affected from 1760 to 1775 by that which he means this is about natural rights. this is about consent. this is about representation. it's about ideology and it's done by the start of the war that notion. has had a particularly strong historia graphical effect, and why well, where do we find that letter? we find that letter here, of course in this book, which i don't i can't see some how many people participants are are in this session, but i would bet that just about everybody ha

it's about the john adams of a younger man, the one on the right is john adams the 60s when he's about 40 and i love this portion because he's giving a side i hear kind of showing wakefulness and that i think reflects if we were to go back and look at these things like i did, what will find? we would not find that the war has nothing to do with the argumentation of what the revolution is about. it would not something affected from 1760 -- 75. by that which means it's about natural rights, representation, ideology and done by the start of the war. that notion has had particularly iastrong effect and why? where do we find the letter? we find it here of course in this book, which i can't see how many participants are in this session but just about everybody has read this book. that letter appears before page one in chapter one, for joining by the revolution? nothing to do with it. it appears as long adams plagiarized himself when he wrote the same thing two or three years later before chapter five so that notion that the war had nothing to do with it, it's a packaged thing, we've seen tha

there's rugged john adams. roger sherman young robert livingston there's the author jefferson in his gay red vest. and ben franklin short in stature, but a giant among men. the great moment in history the burton and you know our nation's capital city is rich and visible divid. from our precious heritage i wonder what those delegates to the continental congress would have to say about this great capital city of ours. monument to a government of free men abraham lincoln was fully aware of every word in the declaration of independence. the date was 1861 and abe lincoln was on his way to the nation's capital for his first inauguration. caused in philadelphia long enough to say to a gathering at independence hall. i have never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the declaration of independence. it was the sentiment in that document. which gave promise that in due time the weight would be lifted. the shoulders of all men in the distance the white house where abraham lincoln l

then john adams rose. never an order or easy with words or once his lips were touched with fire, he had but one thing,r the necessary -- necessity for liberty, the warmth of his idealism galvanize the congress to debate once more. more. add-ins stirring speech was punctuated by a passing summer storm with dramatic bolts of lightning and thunder. finally, on the second of july congress agreed that there was no other course but to sever the ties that battle to the ground. the great document was introduced. the delegates wisely changed the line here, a thought there, and on july 4, 1776, they unanimously accepted the final form and begin to affix their signatures. the die was cast here there was no retreat. the declaration was dispatched forthwith by carriers to all the colonies. on july 5, it was read aloud that the people of philadelphia and the famous old bell in the tower proclaim liberty throughout the land. our most famous and venerated symbol of patriotism, the bell, which forever reminds us most force

franklin and john adams were already there as ambassadors as ministers to france too. so he joined them and he they had you know, adams and jefferson had worked together in the continental continental congress. they bonded even more and and he with her whole family there in paris. he visited jefferson visited adams in england and they toured some of those english gardens together, so they were very close friends. they broke apart bitterly, you know over the politics of the 1790s and then in their retirement, they rekindled the correspondence. they did not talk about slavery almost never in in the letters and i suspect it was because atoms didn't bring it up because he knew this was a painful subject. it was one that jefferson didn't have a good answer for he didn't like confrontation jefferson didn't he was a wonderful. he's a magnificent letter writer. they're almost like poetry and he was a wonderful conversation list, but he was certainly shy away from one-on-one confrontation on so adams in a way let jefferson off the hook. he didn't push him on slavery in the corr

we know the liberty bell rang and thomas jefferson played a part in it and john adams. we know it took place in philadelphia and independence hall with the statehouse as it was known at that time and we are all familiar with the signature of john hancock, who wrote his name so king george could read it even without his spectacles. let's take a good look at that great national treasure, our crown jewels so to speak for it a treasure of value without compare.t out of this part of our heritage has come the constitution. out of it came the bill of rights. out of it came our fundamental war and a philosophy and word that stuck is no other political ideas i've written before or since. out of our heritage has come human liberty, democracy, the birth of a great nation. this is our heritage. now we know a little of what it is. next we ask ourselves how did it happen. why was it necessary suddenly to cut the apron strings that bound us to mother england? it a didn't happen suddenly. it was a long time before the pressure was strong enough to lower the lid. one man alone was respo

thomas jefferson and john adams. the ambassador was charge but uncompromise. according to the koran, it was their god-given right. >> jefferson and adams left the meeting hang. they didn't have a deal for safe passage. adams said you can't fight them unless you want to fight them forever. jefferson said you can't pay for peace. he sensed the attacks would continue and the price would only go up. in this case jefferson was right. >> it costs 20% of the national budget but the attacks continued. brian: the president when he took office would commission the building of four ships with copper bottoms, solid oak side, they were fast, strong, and they were built to fight. they wouldn't be ready for the washington administration. adams refused to use them during this administration. but jefferson knew he was going to take on the barberry nations. the hope was to stop commerce coming in and out and strangle the tripoli economy. however the blockade was in effect. the tripoli knew how to get through. they had the guile, the knowledge and the guns to take on the navy. b

the loyalists and john adams. john adams. through the songs called to sit down john because he would talk and talk and talk, which was the opposite of john hancock. john hancock would run a good meeting but he didn't talk much. he didn't have any errors either, so no family to glorify his reputation. my favorite bostonian by the way to keep going on that for a minute as sam adams, the true radicalev of the revolution. he is the hippie of the 18th century. and when hancock and sam adams were racing to philadelphia during the british attack on boston to the continental congress, john hancock turned to sam adams and said you can't go to philadelphia representing massachusetts looking like that. so john hancock antagonized him and that became a political rivalry. it meant it was a confederacy. everyone was o in. everyone was in on one side or the other than the revolution. the wealthy. he moved 280 times and temporary headquarters. we had no officer class. we had no military academies and wound up being generals. many people who

so did his friendly rival john adams who wrote of the stream to see rising in america and liberty in prospective two or 300 millions of freeman without one noble one came among them. you say it, it is impossible, and i should agree with you on this, i would still say let us try the experiment regularly and, that each government continue. thank you. [applause] [applause] [inaudible]. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. [applause] [inaudible]. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ ♪♪ ♪ ♪♪ [inaudible]. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. let's start with a question i'm sure nobody will have any problem having their answer recorded for television for. show of hands, how many people believe alien life exists? yeah, pretty decent number of people. i'm gonna throw it in there as well. i think so,

the loyalists and john adams. john adams is an interesting figure. is athe most loquacious founding father. there was a musical once called sitdown job because talk, talk and talk which was the opposite john hancock. john hancock would run a good meeting but he didn'ttalk much . he didn't have any eheirs either. so no family to glorify his reputation and future generations has gone out of. my favorite bostonian by the way is sam adams. the true radical of the revolution. these they can be of the nt18th-century when hancock and sam adams were raising the philadelphians during the british attack on boston to the continental congress john hancock turns sam and says you can't go to philadelphia representing massachusetts looking like that. so john hancock antagonizes sam adams by buying him a nuisance. that became a political rivalry for the rest of their lives. the kind of thing for wheni'm doing my research by the way . >> armed conflict is sometimes referred to as "rich man's war and a poor man's site is the american revolutionary war an example of th

so did his friendly rival, john adams who wrote it his dream to see rising in america and emperor of liberty and the prospect of two or 300 millions of free men without one noble or one king among them. you say it is impossible, if i should agree with you on this, i would still say, let us try the experiment. i can only add, let the experiment continue. thank you. [applause] [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ let's start with a question i'm sure nobody will have any problem having their answer recorded for television

john adams presided as vice president said absolutely not. thomas jefferson pleaded with george washington to wear an armband of morning for franklin and washington refused. he felt that adams had his eye on him and he didn't want like he didn't want to start a quarrel with this. so when franklin dies the country that mourns him the greatest the most is france and in the book i talk about there is a festival of franklin incomiums and funerals going on across paris and public eulogies and then come liam's given for him and my favorite one was a group of printers as they're giving the speech or setting the man's speech in type and running it off on presses and then sending the speech out across paris. i think franklin is a printer would have loved that tribute the most his will for all his achievements begins. i benjamin franklin printer. he leads his will with this trade. so here we are in philadelphia. here's the death notice. again, as i mentioned there's no american. there's no state funeral and really the first official eulogy for franklin

which he did with john adams accusing him of monarchy. john adams did not want to create a king. come on! but it was the tagline that worked. you say, monarchy, that's a code word. a kind of code words we have today. >> it's sort of reassuring that they were just as vicious with each other as we are today. they didn't have the internet to do it, but they had pamphlets, they had a way of getting the message across. and they were just as reasonable and mean as we are today. >> absolutely, and under him. in jefferson's case, curious, serving in washington's cabinet, getting increasingly alienated by washington and hamilton's economic policies, and he decides he's going to do everything he can to secretly undercut washington's administration. so what does he do? yes, he didn't have the internet, but remember, the internet of the day was, you know, the newspaper. so, he hires a guy, supposedly as a translator for the state department, but his job is to start a newspaper that is critical of the government and makes washington's life miserable, this paper. jefferson betrays absolutely n

so did his friendly rival, john adams who wrote it his dream to see rising in america and emperor of liberty and the prospect of two or 300 millions of free men without one noble or one king among them. you say it is impossible, if i should agree with you on this, i would still say, let us try the experiment. i can only add, let the experiment continue. thank you. [applause] [applause] [inaudible]. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. let's start with a question i'm sure nobody will have any problem having minutes. felix harcourt: let us start with the question that i am sure that no one will have any problem having their answer recorded for television four. a show of hands -- how many people believe alien life exists? a number of people. i think so. ep

but john adams, yes, they very famously rekindled their correspondence. they had become good friends and it was here in france, actually, adams, it was kind of an all-star lineup of diplomats when jefferson got there. ben benjamin franklin and john adams were already there as ambassadors, as ministers to friends too. tony joined them. and adams and jefferson had worked together in the continental conference. congress. and they bonded together. his family inherits jefferson visited adams in english and they towards some of those english gardens together, so they were very close friends. they broke apart bitterly, you know, over the politics of the 17 90s. and then in their retirement, they rekindled the correspondence. they did not talk about slavery, almost never, in the letters. and i suspect it was because adams didn't bring it up, because he knew this was a painful subject, it was one that jefferson didn't have a good answer for. he didn't like confrontation, jefferson didn't. he was a wonderful, he was a magnificent letter writer. there are almost lik

so their party the federalists john adams etc. they had to decide between ooh their favorite person to hate thomas jefferson and their second favorite person to hate aaron burr. well, the chances were very good that they would have selected thomas jefferson and the person who came to the aid of aaron burr. among many but the probably the most important person was alexander hamilton who wrote letter after letter after letter saying you have to elect jefferson because he's a man of honor, you know, i can't stand the this fellow but he's a man of honor he has principles. i don't agree with him on 200 100 different things, but he's a man of honor he loves his country. and aaron burr is an absolute opportunist. so what happened? is that the us congress these federalists deciding about the fate of thomas jefferson voted 30 for times. and aaron burr sat on his hands the whole time. he never said oh, i do understand that. jefferson was the guy you wanted no. finally and there was the 35th voter so that congress decided by one vote to elec

franklin and john adams were already there as ambassadors as ministers to france too. so he joined them and he they had you know, adams and jefferson had worked together in the continental continental congress. they bonded even more and and he with her whole family there in paris. he visited jefferson visited adams in england and they toured some of those english gardens together, so they were very close friends. they broke apart bitterly, you know over the politics of the 1790s and then in their retirement, they rekindled the correspondence. they did not talk about slavery almost never in in the letters and i suspect it was because atoms didn't bring it up because he knew this was a painful subject. it was one that jefferson didn't have a good answer for he didn't like confrontation jefferson didn't he was a wonderful. he's a magnificent letter writer. they're almost like poetry and he was a wonderful conversation list, but he was certainly shy away from one-on-one confrontation on so adams in a way let jefferson off the hook. he didn't push him on slavery in the corr

this song gave voice to support for john adams and it was used as a campaign song for thomas jefferson, the fourth of july, and by francis scott key in 18 oh five, nine years before writing the star-spangled banner, he wrote another song called when the warrior returns. it celebrated the heroism of a captain in the u.s. navy fighting in the barbary war in north africa. he was being paraded around the east and celebrated by various communities for his heroism and one of those places was at georgetown and key had just moved to the nation's capital and was looking for a way to introduce himself to future legal clients so he wrote a song for a dinner called when the warrior returns. so we know that he knew the melody that was later used for the star-spangled banner because he had previously written other lyrics to the same tune. so when he is trapped aboard ship for three days from wednesday morning through friday night is he carefully constructs lyrics to encourage unity and strong military and piety, these things he wants to see happen. it talks about a world he sees and hopes for rather

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the first hit lyric to the tune is called adams in liberty and was about president john adams and offered support to him during the war with france in 1798, a pivotal moment in american legal history. not necessarily a flattering one for the country, but an important one nonetheless. this song gave voice to support for john adams and it was used as a campaign song for thomas jefferson, the fourth of july, -- july songs, and it was used by francis scott key in 1805. nine years before writing the star-spangled banner, he wrote another song called when the warrior returns. it celebrated the heroism of a captain in the u.s. navy fighting in the barbary war in north africa. he was being paraded around the east coast and celebrated by various communities for his heroism and one of those places was at georgetown and key had just moved to the nation's capital and was looking for a -- he was looking for a way to introduce himself to future legal clients so he wrote a song for a dinner called when the warrior returns. from the battle for -- from the battle of far. -- battle afar. so we know that he

and john quincy adams made his announcement in 1821, the united states had negligible military capabilities and as they pivoted the nation and protected by the existence of two neighbors and nations to reverse only by wind powered ships. two centuries later, the world is together by economic civilization and the globe has been trump by technologies of travel, communications and the projection the military power. the united states foreign policy should therefore adopt the prudence of the secretary adams recommended. it must however have a 2 trillion cents of the great responsibilities that come with america's great power and america's great principles. both of which were subject of the speech made 75 years ago in fulton, missouri. in the guiding foreign policy, the american mind is bifurcated. and on the one hand, we are a nation of immigrants, we are all descended from people who came here to get away from their, wherever there was really is too entangled with the wars and revolutions so, america's extinct of isolation sleep lightly when it sleeps at all. and on the other hand, where nation

john adams didn't want to create a king, but it was a tagline that worked. you say monarchy that is the kind of codeword but we have today. >> reassuring they were just as vicious with each other as we are today. they didn't have the internet to do it but they had pamphlets, ways of getting the message across. just as unreasonable and mean as we are today. >> guest:'s holy and underhanded. in jefferson's case, here he is in washington's cabinet getting increasingly alienated by washington and hamilton's policies. doing everything he can to secretly undercut washington's administration. what does he do? he didn't have the internet, but the internet of the day was the newspaper so he hires a guy supposedly as a translator for the state department but his job was to start a newspaper that is critical of the government. it makes washington's life miserable, this paper. jefferson portrays no knowledge of what is going on and by this time he and madison are the ringleaders in organizing what will ultimately be the opposition party, the republican party. this is go

secretary of state john quincy adams said, and i quote wherever the standard of freedom independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will america's heart, her benedictions, and her prayers be. but she goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy. she is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all, she is the champion and vindicator only of her own. she well knows that by once enlisting under other they unearth and her own, she will involve herself beyond the power of expedition in all the wars of interest in intrigue. of individual, avarice, envy and ambition. the fundamental maxims of her policies should insensibly change from liberty to force. and quote. now and secretary adams recommended this the world was very different. and what he recommended is proven to be easier said than done, in the two centuries in which the united states is filled the continent and risen to responsibilities around the world. it simply is not possible the united states be merely wet adams called the well-wisher. although we long for freedom. it is not possible because our national pre

. >> yeah, i just wanted to-- one of the ones that massachusetts loyalists wrote in attacking john adams said, you know, well, you guys call us tories. tories believe somebody can't do what they want to then call me a tory. and i just want to concur that for me, the problem is less explainable, why some americans, about why some americans, for the american colonists were enormously proud of being british. not just true with english or scottish and they resisted parliamentary acts that they saw as unconstitutional in the british constitution, right? and even when new england militia took up arms in 1775, they saw themselves-- took inspiration from the british civil war and some felt -- the american revolution initially was kind of-- the patriots thought of a continuation of that tradition. >> patrick, let's kind of stay on the topic with you a little more about the tragedy of the loyalists, if you will. thomas hutchinson, a great example of a really maligned figure after being forced to evacuate, he spent the rest of his life in england hoping to come home to america, but unable to do so.

so for example the election of 1800 when john adams is running against thomas jefferson. really fraught election. john adams ends up not being a final candidate and you end up having aaron burr and thomas jefferson running against each other. it's personally was supposed to be the vice presidential candidate gets really fraught when i was researching my first book. i saw people talking about they were afraid of civil war there were people arming in maryland if they had to march to washington to take the government. so it's it's a moment and after the election is successful someone writes to jefferson and says, what would you have done? things had not gone well. what would you have done? first of all jefferson says we let the other side know that if they thought they were going to do something they weren't going to get away with it, which is sort of like oh but but more interestingly he says. well we would have tweaked the constitution and then you know, i think he says wound up the clock again and gone back to whatever we were doing. so it's it's i think you always have t