美國嚮西擴展  (1735年十月30日～1826年七月4日)

開端 終結 在位 1797年 1801年 

　　約翰·亞當斯（John Adams，1735年10月30日－1826年7月4日）是美國第一任副總統（1789年－1797年），其後接替華盛頓成為美國第二任總統（1797年－1801年）。
　　
　　其子約翰·昆西·亞當斯後當選為美國第六任總統。
　　
　　對美國的性質和期待，亞當斯有如下名言：
　　
　　 “美國政府在任何意義上都不是建立在基督教的基礎上。”（The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.）
　　
　　 此段話是<<的裏波底條約>>上的重要章節
　　
　　由外交官Joel Barlow所起草,而後經由國會兩院確立，最後由總統John Adams簽字，成為一份法律文件。
　　
　　 “在最理想的世界，那裏沒有宗教。”（This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it.）
　　
　　戲劇傳紀
　　 * 由HBO獨立製作的傳記電影‘約翰·亞當斯’（John．Adams）

　　John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American politician and the second President of the United States (1797–1801), after being the first Vice President (1789–1797) for two terms. He is regarded as one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States.
　　
　　Adams came to prominence in the early stages of the American Revolution. As a delegate from Massachusetts to the Continental Congress, he played a leading role in persuading Congress to adopt the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776. As a representative of Congress in Europe, he was a major negotiator of the eventual peace treaty with Great Britain, and chiefly responsible for obtaining important loans from Amsterdam.
　　
　　Adams' revolutionary credentials secured him two terms as George Washington's vice president and his own election as the second president of the United States. During his one term as president, he was frustrated by battles inside his own Federalist party against a faction led by Alexander Hamilton, and he signed the controversial Alien and Sedition Acts. The major accomplishment of his presidency was his peaceful resolution of the Quasi-War crisis with France in 1798.
　　
　　After Adams was defeated for reelection by Thomas Jefferson, he retired to Massachusetts. He and his wife Abigail Adams founded an accomplished family line of politicians, diplomats, and historians now referred to as the Adams political family. His achievements have received greater recognition in modern times, though his contributions were not initially as celebrated as other Founders'.
　　
　　Adams was the father of John Quincy Adams, the 6th President of the United States.