Diplomatic Career The young lawyer came particularly to George WASHINGTON's attention because of articles he published in Boston newspapers defending the president's policy of neutrality against the diplomatic incursions of Citizen Genet, the new French Republic's minister to the United States. As a result Washington appointed Adams as U.S. minister to the Netherlands, where he served from 1794 to 1797. At The Hague, Adams found himself at the principal listening post of a great cycle of …showed first 75 words of 394 total…

…showed last 75 words of 394 total…was technically chief of the American mission. He next served as minister of the United States to England from 1815 to 1817. As a diplomat John Quincy Adams had made very few mistakes, influenced many people, and made many friends for his country, including particularly Czar Alexander I. His vast European experience made him a vigorous supporter of Washington's policy of isolation from the ordinary vicissitudes and the ordinary combinations and wars of European politics. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**