The Adams Chronicles

7.4(5)|1976-01-20|1 seasons, 13 episodes

DramaWar & Politics

Overview

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.

Episodes

Miniseries(13)

S1E1 · 1976-01-20 · 58m

Chapter 1: John Adams, Lawyer

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

S1E2 · 1976-01-27 · 58m

Chapter 2: John Adams, Revolutionary

Adams returns to Braintree after successfully defending the Redcoats, but Hancock soon lures him back into politics.

S1E3 · 1976-02-03 · 57m

Chapter 3: John Adams, Diplomat

Serving as a diplomat in France with Benjamin Franklin, Adams earns a reputation for rudeness.

S1E4 · 1976-02-10 · 59m

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.

S1E5 · 1976-02-17 · 58m

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.

S1E6 · 1976-02-24 · 58m

Chapter 6: John Adams, President

Increasingly exasperating relations with France lead to the XYZ Affair, then the Quasi-War.

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Anne Howard Bailey

Narrator (voice)