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After more than two hundred years in the shadows of Washington and Jefferson, John Adams enjoys fame as one of our top presidents. Of unprepossessing appearance and feisty temperament, he expressed his personal feelings in copious correspondence and public documents along with two unfinished autobiographies.Paul M. Zall draws from Adams's own letters, diaries, notes and autobiographies to create a fresh portrait. Adams's writings, both public and private, trace his rise from country lawyer to the nation's highest office by the sheer force of his personality. Lacking the advantages of money, co

Presidents --- Adams, John, --- Novanglus,

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Presidents --- Presidents' spouses --- Adams, John, --- Jefferson, Thomas, --- Adams, Abigail, --- Adams, Abigail Smith, --- Smith, Abigail, --- Novanglus, --- Correspondence.

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Presidents. --- United States --- Politics and government --- Presidency --- Heads of state --- Executive power --- Adams, John, --- Jefferson, Thomas, --- Novanglus,

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History of North America --- Washington, George --- Adams, John --- Jefferson, Thomas --- Autonomy --- United States - General --- Regions & Countries - Americas --- History & Archaeology --- Independence --- Self-government --- International law --- Political science --- Sovereignty --- History --- Adams, John, --- Washington, George, --- Jefferson, Thomas, --- Vashington, Dzhordzh, --- Waszyngton, Jerzy, --- Washington, Georg, --- Uashingktoien, Geeorg, --- Uashingtʻn, Gēorg, --- װאשינגטאן, דזשארדזש, --- ジョージワシントン, --- Novanglus, --- Political and social views. --- United States --- Politics and government --- Washington, G.

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This book contributes to the increasing interest in John Adams and his political and legal thought by examining his work on the medieval British Empire. For Adams, the conflict with England was constitutional because there was no British Empire, only numerous territories including the American colonies not consolidated into a constitutional structure. Each had a unique relationship to the English. In two series of essays he rejected the Parliament’s claim to legislate for the internal governance of the American colonies. His Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law (1765) identified these claims with the Yoke, Norman tyranny over the defeated Saxons after 1066. Parliament was seeking to treat the colonists in similar fashion. The Novanglus essays (1774-75), traced the origin of the colonies, demonstrating that Parliament played no role in their establishment and so had no role in their internal governance without the colonists’ subsequent consent.

Constitutional history --- Adams, John, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Novanglus, --- United States-History. --- Great Britain-History. --- History-Philosophy. --- Imperialism. --- World politics. --- US History. --- History of Britain and Ireland. --- Philosophy of History. --- Imperialism and Colonialism. --- Political History. --- Colonialism --- Global politics --- International politics --- Political history --- Political science --- World history --- Eastern question --- Geopolitics --- International organization --- International relations --- Empires --- Expansion (United States politics) --- Neocolonialism --- Anti-imperialist movements --- Caesarism --- Chauvinism and jingoism --- Militarism --- United States—History. --- Great Britain—History. --- History—Philosophy. --- United States --- Great Britain --- History --- History. --- Philosophy.