John+Adams+by+Morgan

__John Adams by Morgan__
 * He was the key leader of the Continental Congress during the Revolution.[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/US_Navy_031029-N-6236G-001_A_painting_of_President_John_Adams_%281735-1826%29%2C_2nd_president_of_the_United_States%2C_by_Asher_B._Durand_%281767-1845%29-crop.jpg/225px-US_Navy_031029-N-6236G-001_A_painting_of_President_John_Adams_%281735-1826%29%2C_2nd_president_of_the_United_States%2C_by_Asher_B._Durand_%281767-1845%29-crop.jpg width="281" height="340" align="right" caption="A painted portrait of a man with greying hair, looking left." link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_Navy_031029-N-6236G-001_A_painting_of_President_John_Adams_(1735-1826),_2nd_president_of_the_United_States,_by_Asher_B._Durand_(1767-1845)-crop.jpg"]]
 * 2nd president of the United States from 1797-1801.
 * the two-party system was established (Hamilton's Federalists vs. Jefferson's Republicans.)