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when i think of john quincy adams, of course, i of john adams. and the role he had in his son's life. and of course, people would come up to john and they would say, well, you must be so proud. your son and john adams would say he a mother, too. so i to think of him as actually the son of abigail adams. there is a resemblance to abigail and there is. well, one of the treasures that is in this room is right here. what is this? this is the desk on which the treaty of paris was signed, which ended the american revolution. the american revolution? who signed it. well, if we look, we can see john adams. benjamin franklin and john jay. is that the original of paris that we're looking at? this is a copy. but the desk is real. the desk is the absolute that everyone sat and signed. now this desk was also used in a new miniseries. yes. executive produced by author stacy schiff. that's correct. and we were certainly interested in this series because it explores a life of benjamin franklin in paris right at the time that he became a diplomat and some extraor
when i think of john quincy adams, of course, i of john adams. and the role he had in his son's life. and of course, people would come up to john and they would say, well, you must be so proud. your son and john adams would say he a mother, too. so i to think of him as actually the son of abigail adams. there is a resemblance to abigail and there is. well, one of the treasures that is in this room is right here. what is this? this is the desk on which the treaty of paris was signed, which ended...
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and would you say that john jay and john adams and ben franklin agreed on the goals initially? not at all for different reasons. adams and john jay are very to make a peace without the involvement of the french franklin because of his years at versailles has very very close relationships with especially the french minister whom he has promised that he will never negotiate without the involvement of france in negotiating a kind of without the involvement of france and. ultimately, john jay and john adams will prevail over franklin and the pieces negotiated any conference with the french the task of explaining that afterward will fall to franklin who has to make a somewhat humiliating trip to versailles to explain what he has with the assistance of his colleagues just done so. stacy schiff, as we mentioned, we're here in the ben franklin room at the department of state. there is a table here, the treaty of paris table. what is? that it's this modest desk which if you look at it closely, you realize is the beating heart of american history. because is it it is the desk at which we
and would you say that john jay and john adams and ben franklin agreed on the goals initially? not at all for different reasons. adams and john jay are very to make a peace without the involvement of the french franklin because of his years at versailles has very very close relationships with especially the french minister whom he has promised that he will never negotiate without the involvement of france in negotiating a kind of without the involvement of france and. ultimately, john jay and...
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you texted john quincy adams is extraordinary. and i felt the same thing as i was reading him, that he just built the virtuous life more inspiringly than any the others. i spent some time on that because. i, i know. and i can, you know, he writes at a pretty high level of enthusiasm, everything and everything that you do you do it at a high level of enthusiasm, which is a virtue, i think an earnest enthusiasm but in your john quincy adams sections, i was feeling your admiration for him. and i'm wondering, you know, how we always talk about even post hbo miniseries. we talk how john adams, the father, is is always thought of a little bit lesser or than thomas jefferson or george washington. and adams understood that in life. i almost feel like john quincy adams like yet another level that there a member of the or a of the founding generation who was really an person who we think about and talk about enough. but why don't you just give like a couple of minutes on how quint john quincy adams for you personified, you know a person rea
you texted john quincy adams is extraordinary. and i felt the same thing as i was reading him, that he just built the virtuous life more inspiringly than any the others. i spent some time on that because. i, i know. and i can, you know, he writes at a pretty high level of enthusiasm, everything and everything that you do you do it at a high level of enthusiasm, which is a virtue, i think an earnest enthusiasm but in your john quincy adams sections, i was feeling your admiration for him. and i'm...
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abigail was an abolitionist and shortly after john adams was inaugurated, and abigail wasn't there at the time. that was not a typical first lady. martha was not there for george's inauguration either. but martha had written a letter at one point in her life to john which said that and fortunately how could they, the southerners, reconcile human bondage with the ideology of freedoms that america had fought for. and abigail hired a free african-american named james, who worked at their farm. and during the early days of the atlas administration, she wrote to her husband about a rather upsetting incident in which she was trying to get james educated. and she believed in education. she was part of a first education, first lady. and so she fought for him to attend to local school. but there was a neighbor who objected and she responds to that neighbor. and she told her husband with the question, is this the christian principle of doing to others as we would have others do to us? abigail eventually prevailed, not surprisingly, and james was educated after abigail. the next first lady, to s
abigail was an abolitionist and shortly after john adams was inaugurated, and abigail wasn't there at the time. that was not a typical first lady. martha was not there for george's inauguration either. but martha had written a letter at one point in her life to john which said that and fortunately how could they, the southerners, reconcile human bondage with the ideology of freedoms that america had fought for. and abigail hired a free african-american named james, who worked at their farm. and...
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the english monarchy really was a republic in saint john adams says john adams says that but other do what askew says that he says it's got a because it has a house of commons and of course there's no place else in the world that has a house of commons or a representative body representing people. so it's a very ambiguous term, but there are different kinds of republics and differently organized, but they have to have some of democratic element in it. and there's no doubt nobody ever denied that even in england, that all power ultimately came from the people. it's that's not the same as saying that people can. so having deriving your authority from the people and no good whig in england, whatever that the people are the source all authority. there are very few people left who are arguing that divine right of kings. so you can have authority from people. but having the people rule another thing altogether and you can have a republic has a democratic element it but also has an aristocracy, a house of lords or a senate. i should say, or a governor so republic could be organized in differ
the english monarchy really was a republic in saint john adams says john adams says that but other do what askew says that he says it's got a because it has a house of commons and of course there's no place else in the world that has a house of commons or a representative body representing people. so it's a very ambiguous term, but there are different kinds of republics and differently organized, but they have to have some of democratic element in it. and there's no doubt nobody ever denied...
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made it a crime punishable by incarceration for anyone criticize john adams or federalist policy. fortunately, that act expired by its own terms at the end of adams, but jefferson became president in a world where people had been thrown in jail for having conflicting opinions, he knew that this country wasn't going to last long. if we were operating on that basis. and so in his first inaugural address, among his opening words were, look, folks, we are all we are all republicans we are all americans, and we better start acting that way or this isn't going to last. but to your knowing, he wasn't a great, but he was a dazzling in small groups and he knew it. and so his presidency, two and three times a week, every he would have dinner parties where he would have federalists would have republicans, and they be arguing about the hottest political issues the day they'd be building relationships, they'd be talking about literature, history, music, philosophy, and of course, eating wonderful food, drinking strong wine. there were wonderful such that by the end of the evening, if nothing,
made it a crime punishable by incarceration for anyone criticize john adams or federalist policy. fortunately, that act expired by its own terms at the end of adams, but jefferson became president in a world where people had been thrown in jail for having conflicting opinions, he knew that this country wasn't going to last long. if we were operating on that basis. and so in his first inaugural address, among his opening words were, look, folks, we are all we are all republicans we are all...
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they've just asked me to play john adams, for instance. and that's something that the british would never do. when i was first doing ajob in... when i was first in ray donovan, my agent called me. she said, "they're doing richard iii, the bbc, "and they're going to offer you a part." now, i played richard iii onstage, i toured and played richard iii. so, i thought, ok, i won't play richard, but i'll probably play a good part. and the offer came through from the bbc and it was a thief with two lines. stephen snorts and i'm working every day with, i you know, on a big hollywood show. and i thought, why do they have this very fixed idea of me? and i didn't go back and work for a little while. and david... sorry to interrupt. that's all right. but you're saying it really, foryou, in britain, comes back to class. yeah. and i think class is something that's very immersed in all our psyches, even people who want to transcend it, it's still something that we still see. we still see the country in those parameters, in those definitions. you've actu
they've just asked me to play john adams, for instance. and that's something that the british would never do. when i was first doing ajob in... when i was first in ray donovan, my agent called me. she said, "they're doing richard iii, the bbc, "and they're going to offer you a part." now, i played richard iii onstage, i toured and played richard iii. so, i thought, ok, i won't play richard, but i'll probably play a good part. and the offer came through from the bbc and it was a...
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the relevant learnings i'm going to share this morning, turn around the figure john adams in particular. so i have three particular lessons to communicate. the first is we have gotten into the habit of thinking of the declaration as thomas jefferson's text. he was, of course, the leader batsman. he was by no means solo intellectual architect of document. and if anything, i would make the case that john adams was the much more significant intellectual architect of the document. you trace adams writings throughout the course of the year. he is developing the case for the language of happiness as an orienting ideal to shape how a community can talk about a shared vision for south. populate premium access to the idea that the and well-being of the people should be the supreme law. he is drawing on that tradition, using the concept of happiness to articulate it. he makes an articulation of the relevant principles that is quite like the declaration of independence in shape in january of 1776. in massachusetts and of course, during 1775 and 1776, he and richard henry lee are the prime motive f
the relevant learnings i'm going to share this morning, turn around the figure john adams in particular. so i have three particular lessons to communicate. the first is we have gotten into the habit of thinking of the declaration as thomas jefferson's text. he was, of course, the leader batsman. he was by no means solo intellectual architect of document. and if anything, i would make the case that john adams was the much more significant intellectual architect of the document. you trace adams...
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john adams was a passionate participant in the floor and the challenge writer. he, however, felt overburdened with important committee work. the other two appointments livingston from new york and sherman from canada. kent had no special interest in or talent writers. all five, though, are of the same mind so as congress they wanted another document, this one a conclusive statement for almost every delegate already signed on to a declaration. the colonies were now independence states was to be a document justifying to the world their reasons for this extraordinary assertion was to be a collective statement intended to be signed by every delegate they all had read. jefferson's summary view of british america. his writing talent was recognized. it helped that he was from virginia, one of the two tales that, wag the colonies dog. every member of congress understood he would have a chance some later stage in the process to participate in revising the committee's document at a later date. adams wrote that he and jefferson had had a conversation about which one of the
john adams was a passionate participant in the floor and the challenge writer. he, however, felt overburdened with important committee work. the other two appointments livingston from new york and sherman from canada. kent had no special interest in or talent writers. all five, though, are of the same mind so as congress they wanted another document, this one a conclusive statement for almost every delegate already signed on to a declaration. the colonies were now independence states was to be...
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john: okay. have fun. adam kemp in oklahoma, thank you very much. adam kemp: thanks. ♪ john: finally tonight, an annual gathering of global cruciverlists -- people who love to solve crossword puzzles. nearly 1000 of them gathered in connecticut this weekend for the 46th american crossword puzzle tournament. will shortz has been the new york times crossword editor for more than 30 years. he started the event in 1978. this year's competition drew the biggest crowd yet. over two days, solvers raced to complete eight specially created puzzles. the fastest and most accurate among them took home a grand prize of $7,500 and bragging rights to last a lifetime. this year's champion solver, 23-year-old paolo pasco, a first time winner. he completed the final puzzle in just five minutes and 42 seconds -- without a single mistake. ♪ an update for you. south carolina has won the women's national basketball championship. now online, while millions are preparing for tomorrow's total solar eclipse, scientists are using the celestial event to learn more about th
john: okay. have fun. adam kemp in oklahoma, thank you very much. adam kemp: thanks. ♪ john: finally tonight, an annual gathering of global cruciverlists -- people who love to solve crossword puzzles. nearly 1000 of them gathered in connecticut this weekend for the 46th american crossword puzzle tournament. will shortz has been the new york times crossword editor for more than 30 years. he started the event in 1978. this year's competition drew the biggest crowd yet. over two days, solvers...
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adams, represented one of the british soldiers at trial? that's a good question, peter. i wouldn't say it would get them extra credit, but one of the benefits of these documents appearing on the exam is that they help students trigger and remember other information that they should know. so, for example, if they're looking at this in graving that paul revere made to try to convince fellow colonists about the the cruelty of the british in boston, it might also trigger their memory that john adams, a prominent rebel against the british, actually defended many of these british soldiers. and that would count as outside information on the document based question. and this is one of the element that students have to bring to bear when they're answering the document based question. they have to be able to call to mind and to deploy information as part of their arguments. that's outside information that isn't necessary early in the question or in the documents themselves. and so if a student were to recall from their reading of the textbook or from
adams, represented one of the british soldiers at trial? that's a good question, peter. i wouldn't say it would get them extra credit, but one of the benefits of these documents appearing on the exam is that they help students trigger and remember other information that they should know. so, for example, if they're looking at this in graving that paul revere made to try to convince fellow colonists about the the cruelty of the british in boston, it might also trigger their memory that john...
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colonel james might were in lead boat the john adams. and after the sentinel runs aground the men who on that boat are transferred on to the harriet a we'd. in reenacting the cumbie raid on our first trip we at night. so we left at 9:00 at night on a full moon and i learned on this trip was is that the moon shimmers off the water this time and this was the first time no, no lights. we traveled very slowly least 6 to 7 miles per hour, which is the speed that the u.s. army boats would have traveled. no gadgets. and we literally navigated by the light of the moon and could see that the rice fields and the marsh on side of the shimmering water were just dark, undifferentiated masses. i drove the boat back and. i worked with a group of scientists who kind of concocted all this stuff. i would say, oh, wouldn't it be great if? and they would plan it, right? so, you know, they got the boat, they got the whole thing. they even got the snacks. and we're going up the river. so my friend travis says, okay, you have to drive back. and i'm like, has h
colonel james might were in lead boat the john adams. and after the sentinel runs aground the men who on that boat are transferred on to the harriet a we'd. in reenacting the cumbie raid on our first trip we at night. so we left at 9:00 at night on a full moon and i learned on this trip was is that the moon shimmers off the water this time and this was the first time no, no lights. we traveled very slowly least 6 to 7 miles per hour, which is the speed that the u.s. army boats would have...
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you mentioned the first secretary of the navy appointed by john adams was in 1798. what would he think of our navy today? what advice would? he provide in that context, how do you juggle all of the priorities you have? sec. del toro: i have a loving wife, we have been married 40 years and she is extraordinary. the last question, perhaps, but look, i think the cemetery would be proud of what we have built today. -- secretary would be part of what we have built today. we look at the u.s. constitution, when it was built, it was at the bleeding edge of innovation and technology, old ironside, cannonballs, it was constructed in such a way because it was a naval architecture and the materials we used to construct a ship, the cannonballs were ineffective basically. there lies the beauty of even innovation and technology then. it is all about innovation and technology. asymmetrically, how can we make our fleet that much more capable, that much more modern, we may not be able to just build an endless number of ships but the ones we are building, let us make them so powerful
you mentioned the first secretary of the navy appointed by john adams was in 1798. what would he think of our navy today? what advice would? he provide in that context, how do you juggle all of the priorities you have? sec. del toro: i have a loving wife, we have been married 40 years and she is extraordinary. the last question, perhaps, but look, i think the cemetery would be proud of what we have built today. -- secretary would be part of what we have built today. we look at the u.s....
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adams and who else. john j. all right. so they're trying to convince everybody that it was necessary it was necessary to start over and come up this new document. now, george washington was a southerner from virginia. but. leaned towards this strong central government. so the interpretation of the constitution is where we see the beginning of this political process. two political parties we got the federalist and the anti-federalists or, the known as democratic republicans or republicans. the federalist wanted this strong central government. the democratic republicans wanted stronger state government. they were fearful that the federal government would get to too powerful. but watch some the characteristics here. lookt that. their bullet appeal to business busisses. man manufacturing. and they opped the french revolution. so geographically whermight these folks come fm? the north business, nufacturing. these guys in the north, they trying to model this close towards this englishystem because who's still buying their produc
adams and who else. john j. all right. so they're trying to convince everybody that it was necessary it was necessary to start over and come up this new document. now, george washington was a southerner from virginia. but. leaned towards this strong central government. so the interpretation of the constitution is where we see the beginning of this political process. two political parties we got the federalist and the anti-federalists or, the known as democratic republicans or republicans. the...
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my name is alexander wilson, on the president of the john quincy adams society here at gw when i am so honored to be starting off our event, facing the next step for u.s. foreign policy in iran. it is a great honor to host this event which has been nine months in the making. thank you all for coming. [indiscernible] >> thank you all for coming out. it is a pleasure to see you all excited about this event being offered today. a special thanks to sam who did a lot of the great work in presenting and creating this event. >> thank you for the kind invitation. it is great to be here. i will start with introducing our speakers. [indiscernible] as we move on the questions will be more difficult. especially the last one. michael singh is a managing director at the washington institute and a former senior director of the national security council. [indiscernible] with a focus on iran and the middle east. michael is on the board of the u.s. institute of peace where i interned. [indiscernible] when i was writing my dissertation he patiently and graciously answered all the questions i sent to him.
my name is alexander wilson, on the president of the john quincy adams society here at gw when i am so honored to be starting off our event, facing the next step for u.s. foreign policy in iran. it is a great honor to host this event which has been nine months in the making. thank you all for coming. [indiscernible] >> thank you all for coming out. it is a pleasure to see you all excited about this event being offered today. a special thanks to sam who did a lot of the great work in...