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"<p class=\"font-16\">John Adams was an advocate of <a href=\"https://www.britannica.com/event/American-Revolution\" class=\"md-crosslink\">American independence</a> from Britain, a major figure in the <a href=\"https://www.britannica.com/topic/Continental-Congress\" class=\"md-crosslink\">Continental Congress</a> (1774–77), the author of the <a href=\"https://www.britannica.com/place/Massachusetts\" class=\"md-crosslink\">Massachusetts</a> constitution (1780), a signer of the <a href=\"https://www.britannica.com/event/Peace-of-Paris-1783\" class=\"md-crosslink\">Treaty of Paris</a> (1783), ambassador to the Court of St. James (1785–88), and the first <a href=\"https://www.britannica.com/topic/vice-president-of-the-United-States-of-America\" class=\"md-crosslink\">vice president</a> (1789–97) and second <a href=\"https://www.britannica.com/topic/presidency-of-the-United-States-of-America\" class=\"md-crosslink\">president</a> (1797–1801) of the United States. </p>"
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