Why Did John Adams Believe That Land Ownership Was Vital To Society?

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Why Did John Adams Believe That Land Ownership Was Vital To Society?

a. He opposed slavery and felt that if small farmers owned land, they would have the power to outvote slaveowners. b. If more people owned land, it would be less likely that fixed and unequal social classes would emerge. c. Land ownership would make people more conservative, and that would counteract any democratic impulses. d. Government would have to encourage it, and Adams believed in an activist federal government. e. Adams had lost his land when he took the unpopular position of representing British soldiers who participated in the Boston Massacre, and he knew how important the issue was.
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b. If more people owned land, it would be less likely that fixed and unequal social classes would emerge.
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