1. The Presidency of John Adams
Term:
Presidential Number: 2
Party: federalist party

2. What do we know so far?
Leading Patriot before and during the Revolution
Member of the Committee of Five and worked on the Declaration of Independence
Convinced France to be an American ally during the Revolutionary War
Negotiated the Treaty of Paris in 1783

3. Election of 1796
Beat Thomas Jefferson who was Democratic-Republican (71-68 in the Electoral College)
Jefferson became the Vice President
They had difficulty getting along

4. Adams as president Alien and Sedition Acts XYZ Affairs
Alien Act: gave the government the right to deport any immigrant
Sedition Act: gave the government the right to criminalize anyone who spoke out against the government
Jefferson and Madison argued in the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions that states could refuse to enforce federal laws
Adams sent 3 delegates to France to negotiate peace.
France turned them away and basically said they would have to pay to take to the French foreign minister
Congress found out and ordered the names of the 3 delegates who Adams submitted as “X, Y, and Z”
This led to a call of action in a war known as a “quasi-war” which was a small, undeclared war.
It was eventually settled