Simplify the following text for a Grade 6 native English-speaking person.
Original: He became incorporated as an independent town in 1792 and was named for John Quincy , just as John Quincy Adams had been . The John Quincy Adams Birthplace is now part of Adams National Historical Park and open to the public .
Simplified: When his father , John Adams , was in Europe , John Quincy went with him as his secretary .