John Adams 1797-1801
The Election of 1796 1st Time More than One Candidate Running Political Parties Federalist Party Democratic Republican Party Second Place Candidate Becomes Vice President
Federalist Party Stronger Federal Government Through Industry and Trade John Adams Popular in New England
Democratic Republican Party Limit Federal Government Power Most Popular in the South and Western Frontier Thomas Jefferson Aaron Burr
Qualifications http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69KWGYGVirE Leading Patriot in Revolution Served as a Foreign Diplomat Lacked Dignity Seen as Cold and Distant
Abigail Adams 3rd Cousin to John Adams (Husband) Frequently Wrote Letters of Advice to Husband Adams Often Sought Wife’s Advice Highly Political and Religious Family Too Sickly As a Child to Receive Schooling Well-Versed in Poetry, Philosophy and Politics Unusual For Women of the Time
The XYZ Affair French Using Privateers to Attack American Ships US Diplomats Sent to Paris 3 French Agents Pay a Secret Visit Discuss a Treaty if $250,000 Bribe A loan to the French Government for $12 Million
The Alien and Sedition Acts Alien Act Allowed President to Remove Foreign Residents from Country For Treason Sedition Act US Citizens Could Not Join Plots Against the Government’s Policies Illegal to Write, Print, Speak, or Publish Harsh or False Words Against the Government
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions Jefferson (Kentucky) and Madison (Virginia) Declared the Alien and Sedition Acts Unconstitutional Congress Refused to Repeal the Acts, but do not renew them Showed State Governments Could Challenge Federal Government