John Quincy Adamss extraordinary life spanned the birth of a new nation to the first rumblings of civil war. As a young man, he witnessed his father, John Adams, make history as a founding father and one of the first U.S. representatives in Europe. Fluent in several languages, John Quincy Adams went on to become one of our nations greatest diplomats and secretaries of states. His innovative ideas about foreign policy and diplomacy led to the expansion...