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When his father was sent as minister to Europe by the Continental Congress, young John Quincy Adams went with him.  He remained in Europe for the next nine years.  While in France he studied at the Passy Academy.  Later John Adams sent his son to Leiden University, where learned both Latin and Greek.  When American diplomat, Francis Dana, looked for a interpreter to travel with him to Russia, Adams, who knew Russian, volunteered.  He returned to his father in Hague, Holland.  Adams assisted his father, as a secretary, while his father served as American minister to several European nations.  He returned to America and attended Harvard College, graduating in 1787.  He then studied law.  After [[Thomas Paine]] wrote an anonymous pamphlet criticizing President [[George Washington]]'s policies, Adams wrote a series of anonymous articles called "Publicola", defending the president. They were so well done people assumed his father wrote them.  He worked in law for two years until appointed by Washington as U.S. minister to Holland.  <ref> [[Encyclopedia of Presidents John Quincy Adams]] by Zachary Kent, Children's Press</ref>

When his father was sent as minister to Europe by the Continental Congress, young John Quincy Adams went with him.  He remained in Europe for the next nine years.  While in France he studied at the Passy Academy.  Later John Adams sent his son to Leiden University, where learned both Latin and Greek.  When American diplomat, Francis Dana, looked for a interpreter to travel with him to Russia, Adams, who knew Russian, volunteered.  He returned to his father in Hague, Holland.  Adams assisted his father, as a secretary, while his father served as American minister to several European nations.  He returned to America and attended Harvard College, graduating in 1787.  He then studied law.  After [[Thomas Paine]] wrote an anonymous pamphlet criticizing President [[George Washington]]'s policies, Adams wrote a series of anonymous articles called "Publicola", defending the president. They were so well done people assumed his father wrote them.  He worked in law for two years until appointed by Washington as U.S. minister to Holland.  <ref> [[Encyclopedia of Presidents John Quincy Adams]] by Zachary Kent, Children's Press</ref>

==Public pervice==

==Public service==

He eventually arrived in Holland as ambassador during a time of war.  The French had invaded Holland and for a time was in great danger of being exterminated.  Fortunately, the French were defeated by the Dutch armies, after which he returned to America to wait for a new government to be established.   

He eventually arrived in Holland as ambassador during a time of war.  The French had invaded Holland and for a time was in great danger of being exterminated.  Fortunately, the French were defeated by the Dutch armies, after which he returned to America to wait for a new government to be established.