The Friendship
Summary-
For 12 years John Adams and Thomas Jefferson did not become friends again. John Adams finally thought it time to speak again after they were both retired and they both tried to become friends again. They wrote to each other a lot in order to become as close as they were before. They discussed politics but they kept talking and got over their past until they both died on July 4, 1826.
Vocabulary-
1) Dichotomy: contrast between two things that are different
2) Felicity: intense happiness
3) Bellwether: the leader of a flock of sheep with a bell around his neck
4) Elegiac: melancholic quality
5) Patriarch: male head of the family
2) Felicity: intense happiness
3) Bellwether: the leader of a flock of sheep with a bell around his neck
4) Elegiac: melancholic quality
5) Patriarch: male head of the family
Timeline-
1) 1793: Thomas Jefferson retires
2) 1803: The Louisiana Purchase is made
3) 1804: Maria Jefferson Epps, Thomas Jefferson's Daughter, dies in childbirth
4) 1807: the Embargo Act is passed
5) January 1, 1812: John Adams sends the first letter sent in order to rekindle their friendship.
6) October, 1818: Abigail Adams (John Adam's Wife) dies
7) 1824: Marquis de Lafayette comes to America for the last time
8) July 3, 1826: Jefferson goes into a coma
9) July 4, 1826: Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die
2) 1803: The Louisiana Purchase is made
3) 1804: Maria Jefferson Epps, Thomas Jefferson's Daughter, dies in childbirth
4) 1807: the Embargo Act is passed
5) January 1, 1812: John Adams sends the first letter sent in order to rekindle their friendship.
6) October, 1818: Abigail Adams (John Adam's Wife) dies
7) 1824: Marquis de Lafayette comes to America for the last time
8) July 3, 1826: Jefferson goes into a coma
9) July 4, 1826: Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die