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Quincy

The Revolutionary War history of Quincy.

Why Quincy Matters

Quincy, Massachusetts

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Former Braintree (now Quincy) was the birthplace of John Adams (1735) and John Quincy Adams (1767). John Adams was the Revolution's most influential legal and diplomatic architect — author of the Massachusetts Constitution, delegate to the Continental Congress, member of the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence, and first U.S. minister to Britain. The Adams National Historical Park preserves the family homesteads and the United First Parish Church, where both presidents are interred.

Paul Revere's engraving of the Boston Massacre, 1770 — Paul Revere, 'The Bloody Massacre Perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770' — hand-colored engraving, 1770. Library of Congress. Public domain.