The Adams Chronicles

1/27/1976

Adams returns to Braintree after successfully defending the Redcoats, but Hancock soon lures him back into politics.

2/3/1976

Serving as a diplomat in France with Benjamin Franklin, Adams earns a reputation for rudeness.

2/10/1976

After nearly five years of separation, Adams' family joins him in Great Britian, where he has been appointed America's first ambassador.

2/17/1976

With General George Washington as President, Adams becomes Vice-President and head of the Senate. When Jefferson's Republicans and Hamilton's Federalists have strongly conflicting views over the French Revolutionary war, Adams finds himself in the middle.

2/24/1976

Increasingly exasperating relations with France lead to the XYZ Affair, then the Quasi-War.

3/2/1976

In Ghent, Adams and his delegation struggle to negotiate an end to the War of 1812.

3/9/1976

During the Seminole War, the executions of Arbuthnot and Ambrister in Spanish Florida create a diplomatic incident. The US and Britain consider making a joint statement on the wars in South America, but this evolves into the Monroe Doctrine. In the presidential election, Henry Clay is the kingmaker. Adams becomes sixth President.

3/16/1976

Hampered by negative press from Jackson's camp, Adams' single term is marked by frustrated efforts to institute national improvements.

3/23/1976

Adams wins a seat in the House, where he serves with more success than he had as President.

3/30/1976

On the eve of the Civil War, Charles Francis Adams becomes the third generation in the Adams family to be appointed minister to Great Britain.

4/6/1976

The sons of Charles Francis Adams endeavor to make their own marks on the world.

4/13/1976

While his brother Henry travels the world, Charles Francis II takes charge of the Union Pacific Railroad.