<Li> Abigail and John are depicted reuniting outside Paris after many years, but in reality were first reunited in London and traveled to Paris together . </Li> <Li> Abigail Adams is depicted reprimanding Benjamin Franklin for cheating on his wife in France, but his wife died seven years earlier in 1774 . </Li> <Li> Multiple references are made in dialogue throughout the episode to the impending "Constitutional Convention ." In reality, the Constitutional Convention was only referred to as such after it disbanded, since the Philadelphia convention was originally called only to revise the Articles of Confederation . When the Convention met, strict secrecy was imposed on its proceedings . It was only under this veil of secrecy that the convention goers changed their mission from one of revising the Articles to one of crafting a new constitution . </Li> <Ul> <Li> Vice President John Adams is shown casting the tiebreaker vote in favor of ratifying the Jay Treaty . In reality, his vote was never required as the Senate passed the resolution by 20 - 10 . Furthermore, the vice president would never be required to cast a vote in a treaty ratification because Article II of the Constitution requires that treaties receive a two - thirds vote . </Li> <Li> Nabby Adams meets and marries Colonel William Stephens Smith upon her parents' return to America from London . John Adams is depicted as refusing to use his influence to obtain political positions for his daughter's new husband, though Colonel Smith requests his father - in - law's assistance repeatedly with an almost grasping demeanor . Mr. Adams upbraids his son - in - law each time for even making the request, stating that Colonel Smith should find himself an honest trade or career and not depend upon speculation . In reality, Nabby met Colonel Smith abroad while her father was serving as United States minister to France and Great Britain, and the couple married in London prior to the end of John Adams' diplomatic posting to the Court of St. James . Both John and Abigail used their influence to assist Colonel Smith and obtain political appointments for him, although this did not curb Colonel Smith's tendency to invest unwisely . </Li> <Li> Following his election as President, John Adams is shown delivering his inauguration speech in the Senate chamber, on the second floor of Congress Hall, to an audience of senators . The speech was actually given in the much larger House of Representatives chamber on the first floor of Congress Hall . The room was filled to capacity with members of both the House and Senate, justices of the Supreme Court, heads of departments, the diplomatic corps, and others . </Li> <Li> Though Adams was inaugurated as President on March 4, 1797, Washington, DC would not become the capital city until November 1, 1800 . John and Abigail Adams moved in to the President's House in Philadelphia where he had been inaugurated as it was still the temporary capital city . Adams had moved to a private home in Washington, DC during the summer of 1800 and under the provisions of the plans for Washington to become the capital, took up residency in the unfinished President's House (renamed the White House later in the century) on November 1, 1800 . His wife was home in Quincy . She was not with him as depicted in the series . This is especially important to note because due to her not being with him, President Adams wrote a letter to Abigail on his second night in the mansion that included a very famous quote which President Franklin Roosevelt had inscribed in the fireplace mantle in the State Dining Room--"I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and on all that shall hereafter inhabit it . May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof ." </Li> </Ul>

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