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1 season · 13 episodes
Episode 01
Chapter 1: John Adams, Lawyer
John Adams centers his ambitions on becoming a lawyer of repute and marrying parson's daughter Abigail Smith.
Episode 02
Chapter 2: John Adams, Revolutionary
Adams returns to Braintree after successfully defending the Redcoats, but Hancock soon lures him back into politics.
Episode 03
Chapter 3: John Adams, Diplomat
Serving as a diplomat in France with Benjamin Franklin, Adams earns a reputation for rudeness.
Episode 04
Chapter 4: John Adams, Minister to Great Britain
After nearly five years of separation, Adams' family joins him in Great Britian, where he has been appointed America's first ambassador.
Episode 05
Chapter 5: John Adams, Vice President
With General George Washington as President, Adams becomes Vice-President and head of the Senate. When Jefferson's Republicans and Hamilton's Federalists have strongly conflicting views over the French Revolutionary war, Adams finds himself in the middle.
Episode 06
Chapter 6: John Adams, President
Increasingly exasperating relations with France lead to the XYZ Affair, then the Quasi-War.
Episode 07
Chapter 7: John Quincy Adams, Diplomat
In Ghent, Adams and his delegation struggle to negotiate an end to the War of 1812.
Episode 08
Chapter 8: John Quincy Adams, Secretary of State
During the Seminole War, the executions of Arbuthnot and Ambrister in Spanish Florida create a diplomatic incident. The US and Britain consider making a joint statement on the wars in South America, but this evolves into the Monroe Doctrine. In the presidential election, Henry Clay is the kingmaker. Adams becomes sixth President.
Episode 09
Chapter 9: John Quincy Adams, President
Hampered by negative press from Jackson's camp, Adams' single term is marked by frustrated efforts to institute national improvements.
Episode 10
Chapter 10: John Quincy Adams, Congressman
Adams wins a seat in the House, where he serves with more success than he had as President.
Episode 11
Chapter 11: Charles Francis Adams, Minister to Great Britain
On the eve of the Civil War, Charles Francis Adams becomes the third generation in the Adams family to be appointed minister to Great Britain.
Episode 12
Chapter 12: Henry Adams, Historian
The sons of Charles Francis Adams endeavor to make their own marks on the world.
Episode 13
Chapter 13: Charles Francis Adams II, Industrialist
While his brother Henry travels the world, Charles Francis II takes charge of the Union Pacific Railroad.
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