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Adams, John (1735-1826, designated as JA in The Adams Papers):
Opinions and Beliefs
Great Britain
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attitudes in toward U.S. independence1
PJA13
common sense in1
PJA13
dangers of Americans going to1
PJA13
debt of, versus that of U.S.1
PJA12
effect of U.S. victories on1
PJA12
evacuation of New York and Charleston1
PJA13
“Forlorn” condition of1
PJA12
George III's “mulish Stubbornness”1
PJA13
loyalist influence in1
PJA13
morale of1
PJA12
motives of, in printing captured letter1
PJA12
“Never was an Empire ruined in so short a time”1
PJA12
outcome of war with U.S.: “If the Lion is killed Young Hercules will have the Skin”1
PJA12
Portugal as “an English Colony”1
PJA12
press' influence in1
PJA13
public opinion in, “It is no great matter whether what is Said is well Said or not, provided the Nation is made to talk and think of what is right”1
PJA13
refusal to repeal tax on tea1
PJA12
relations with France and Spain1
PJA13
retention of N. Amer. territory means “she will be forever at War with the United States . . . and at last can no more hold it, then her Navy can rule the Moon”1
PJA13
Rockingham ministry1
PJA13
self-destructive policies of1
PJA12
“Thus it is that an Empire has, in a Frenzy, committed Suicide”1
PJA13
unenthusiastic about resolution against war1
PJA12
“vainest People upon Earth”1
PJA12
“will not cease to be the Tyrant of the Ocean until She ceases to be the Tyrant of America”1
PJA12
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