Cobblestone American History and Current Events for Kids and Children

Life of Service

Even for a person of John Quincy Adams’s remarkable credentials, the practice of law was challenging. As a new lawyer in Boston, he found it difficult to earn a living from the profession. But his practice took off after a few years. By then, his experiences in Europe—traveling and working with his father—made him an asset to the young nation. Adams was active in government affairs during each of the first 11 U.S. administrations. One of those administrations was his own.

President George Washington was the first to recognize Adams’s value. Adams had written articles that expressed support for Washington’s efforts to remain neutral in a conflict between Great Britain and

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