<sod>John Adams II was born in [[Quincy, Massachusetts]] on July 4, 1803.<ref>Lewis L. Gould, [http://books.google.com/books?id=l10B-YpEqbEC&pg=PA48&dq=%22john+adams%22+born+july+4,+1803&hl=en&sa=X&ei=z5GrUM-GG6bp0gHbp4CQAg&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22john%20adams%22%20born%20july%204%2C%201803&f=false American First Ladies: Their Lives and Their Legacy], 2001, page 48</ref>  He studied at [[Harvard University]], but was expelled during his senior year for participating in the 1823 student rebellion to protest the curriculum and living conditions at the university.<ref>Hugh Brogan, Charles Mosley, [http://books.google.com/books?id=64QMAQAAMAAJ&q=%22john+adams%22+1823+expelled+harvard&dq=%22john+adams%22+1823+expelled+harvard&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XJOrUJeKLcrB0AGly4GgDg&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAzgK American Presidential Families], 1993, page 280</ref>  He then studied law under his father, and when John Quincy Adams became President, his son served as his private secretary.<ref>Lynn Hudson Parson, [http://books.google.com/books?id=V3HM9-uM8QcC&pg=PA155&dq=%22john+adams+ii%22+secretary+%22john+quincy+adams%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=SJKrUKSxCfC80QGRkoCYDg&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22john%20adams%20ii%22%20secretary%20%22john%20quincy%20adams%22&f=false John Quincy Adams], 1998, pages 155 to 156</ref>  (In 1873 most of the students who took part in the 1823 incident, including John Adams II, were designated "Bachelor of Arts as of 1823" and admitted to Harvard's Roll of Graduates.)<ref>Samuel Eliot Morison, [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZUUf7ssp1u4C&pg=PA231&dq=%22john+adams%22+expelled+harvard+1823&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5o-rUMdVisL1BI-BgfAL&ved=0CEIQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=%22john%20adams%22%20expelled%20harvard%201823&f=false Three Centuries of Harvard, 1636-1936], 1936, pages 230 to 231</ref><eod>
<sod>John Adams II was born in [[Quincy, Massachusetts]] on July 4, 1803.<ref>Lewis L. Gould, [https://books.google.com/books?id=l10B-YpEqbEC&pg=PA48 American First Ladies: Their Lives and Their Legacy], 2001, page 48</ref>  He studied at [[Harvard University]], but was expelled during his senior year for participating in the 1823 student rebellion to protest the curriculum and living conditions at the university.<ref>Hugh Brogan, Charles Mosley, [https://books.google.com/books?id=64QMAQAAMAAJ&q=%22john+adams%22+1823+expelled+harvard&dq=%22john+adams%22+1823+expelled+harvard&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XJOrUJeKLcrB0AGly4GgDg&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAzgK American Presidential Families], 1993, page 280</ref>  He then studied law under his father, and when John Quincy Adams became President, his son served as his private secretary.<ref>Lynn Hudson Parson, [https://books.google.com/books?id=V3HM9-uM8QcC&pg=PA155&dq=%22john+adams+ii%22+secretary+%22john+quincy+adams%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=SJKrUKSxCfC80QGRkoCYDg&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22john%20adams%20ii%22%20secretary%20%22john%20quincy%20adams%22&f=false John Quincy Adams], 1998, pages 155 to 156</ref>  (In 1873 most of the students who took part in the 1823 incident, including John Adams II, were designated "Bachelor of Arts as of 1823" and admitted to Harvard's Roll of Graduates.)<ref>Samuel Eliot Morison, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZUUf7ssp1u4C&pg=PA231&dq=%22john+adams%22+expelled+harvard+1823&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5o-rUMdVisL1BI-BgfAL&ved=0CEIQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=%22john%20adams%22%20expelled%20harvard%201823&f=false Three Centuries of Harvard, 1636-1936], 1936, pages 230 to 231</ref><eod>