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This Day in Boston History
July 11th, 1767

John Quincy Adams

On this day, John Quincy Adams was born in what is today Quincy, Massachusetts.

Adams held four European ambassadorships before being appointed Secretary of State. Regarded as one of the greatest Secretaries of State, he secured concessions of territory to the US by Spain and England and is credited as the architect of the Monroe doctrine.

He was elected the sixth President by vote of Congress in 1824 and served a single term marked by ambiton and resistance. He was unexpectedly reelected to Congress in 1830, where he served for the next 18 years. As a Congressman he argued the famous Amistad case before the US Supreme Court in 1841.


		England's Prime Minister never expected this tea tax to cause an outcry, let alone revolution. In 1767, England reduced its property taxes at home. To balance the national budget they needed to find a mechanism for the American colonies to pay for the expense of stationing officials in them. The officials would generate their own revenue by collecting taxes on all imported goods, and once paid affixing stamps on them. This Stamp Tax generated more in the way of protests and smuggling than added revenue.		Religion. Politics. Rebellion. Boston’s pedigree was forged back in England in the midst of religious dissension, where Puritans and Pilgrims sought religious reform, and Cavaliers and Roundheads vied for political power. The question isn't where did Boston get its name – but how.

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