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 John Quincy Adams was born on July 11, 1767, in Braintree,  Massachusetts . He was the son of John Adams, who would later become the second president of the United States & his wife, Abigail Smith Adams. From a young age, John Quincy was exposed to the world of politics and government. He often accompanied his father to meetings and events related to the American Revolution. John Quincy Adams  was just ten years old when the American colonies declared independence from Britain. He later recalled seeing the Battle of Bunker Hill first-hand. In 1778, at the age of eleven, he accompanied his father on a diplomatic mission to France. John Quincy Adams continued his education in Europe, attending schools in Geneva and Amsterdam. He returned to the United States in 1785 and enrolled at Harvard College. Adams graduated from Harvard in 1787 and then began his own law practice. In 1794, he married Louisa Catherine Johnson, the daughter of an American merchant who was living i...