The Adams Chronicles — Season 1, Episode 1: Chapter 1: John Adams, Lawyer

Episode synopsis

John Adams centers his ambitions on becoming a lawyer of repute and marrying parson's daughter Abigail Smith.

About The Adams Chronicles

Chronicles the story of the Adams political family over a 150-year span, including John Adams (drafter and signer of the Declaration, accomplished diplomat, and the 2nd President of the U.S.), his wife Abigail Adams, his son John Quincy Adams (acclaimed Secretary of State, the 6th President, and prominent abolitionist Congressman), grandson Charles Francis Adams, Congressman and Ambassador to Great Britain during the Civil War, and much-heralded members of the fourth generation Henry Brooks Adams, the historian and author of the novel Democracy, and Charles Francis Adams II, the industrialist.

More episodes from Season 1

• E2Chapter 2: John Adams, Revolutionary
• E3Chapter 3: John Adams, Diplomat
• E4Chapter 4: John Adams, Minister to Great Britain
• E5Chapter 5: John Adams, Vice President
• E6Chapter 6: John Adams, President
• E7Chapter 7: John Quincy Adams, Diplomat
• E8Chapter 8: John Quincy Adams, Secretary of State
• E9Chapter 9: John Quincy Adams, President
• E10Chapter 10: John Quincy Adams, Congressman
• E11Chapter 11: Charles Francis Adams, Minister to Great Britain
• E12Chapter 12: Henry Adams, Historian
• E13Chapter 13: Charles Francis Adams II, Industrialist