John's Metamorphosis

Okay, like I said, at the end of the revolution I was living in France and slowly growing accustomed to the French culture and people (91-99). The time that I spent in France helped to give me many opportunities and helped me understand the value of my mind and intellect (103). However, we soon returned to England (104). The time I spent there taught me how truly different I was from the British people (109). Although my time there was not great, the experience showed me that I was still able to grow as an individual (110). We heard terrible stories about the fate over our newly born country though. Upon learning of the Massachusetts revolt, I could not help but feel as though we were betraying the men who shed their blood for our

However my faith in John remained high, and he came through for our family (148-151).

It is incredible that Mr. Adams could find a wife such as you. The agitation that you subdued yourself into in order to support his career is greater than any woman before you. Without the faith and support that you have given him, this country may be in an extremely different position than we are today. And, even while supporting him, you supported an entire family as well. Truly astonishing. Our final question is, what are the influences that you made during Mr. Adams’ presidency?

It was during during my experience as the president’s wife that I secured my view of women’s role, believing that we should be given the same opportunities that men are given (163). And, now that John was president, his fear of failure made him turn to me for advice (164). He truly listened to my advice, which gave me a political hand that I had never held before

Republicans had no support behind John’s interest and securing friendship with Britain. However, the XYZ affair cemented citizens beliefs in the new president. This helped to relieve my stress, as I was terribly worried for John’s security (173-174). My suspicion of French tyranny was inflamed by the works of John Robinson and as a result I yearned for war against the French. Congress’s, in response to this, developed the foundation of the undeclared naval war (176). I was able to accomplish this congressional persuasion several times again with my support of the Alien and Sedition acts to protect my husband (178). But as time passed, the necessity to go to war with France over the French revolution diminished and I began working with John to move step by step toward negotiating peace, although, we both knew that it could mean the end of his presidential career (189). John decided to stand for reelection despite how tired he was for he knew my love of being first lady (191-192). John lost the election, and was now out of office. Despite this however, he was still able to negotiate a treaty with France, a fantastic end of office victory (196). We soon settled into retirement; peaceful after our hectic lifestyle