1. The Presidency of John Adams Page 308 2/25/2019 1:56 AM 1
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2. Election of 1796 First election with political parties
Federalists: John Adams
Democratic-Republicans: Thomas Jefferson
Adams wins Presidency & Jefferson becomes V.P
Political rivals

3. XYZ Affair Adams sent 3 men to meet with the French foreign minister
3 French agents agreed to talk to U.S. for a $10 million loan to France & $250,000 to the minister
Agents known as X, Y, & Z
Congress & the public were outraged
Cancelled all treaties with France & allowed for seizure of French ships
XYZ Affair
What was the problem between France and the U.S.?
 France is attacking American ships that carried cargo to Britain
How did Adams try to solve the problem?
 He sent diplomats to Paris to try to resolve the dispute
Explain the event that resulted from his attempt to solve the problem.
 The French sent three agents that demanded a bribe and a loan for France from the Americans.

4. Alien & Sedition Acts
There were many aliens from France living in America and most were Democratic Republicans
Adams was blasted in periodicals by Republicans, calling him the “tyrant of America”
To silence critics Adams passed laws aimed at aliens
Act increased the wait time to become a citizen from 5 to 14 years
Act gave him power to arrest disloyal aliens & deport them
Act outlawed publishing false statements about the gov’t
Alien and Sedition Acts
What is an alien?
What is sedition?
Residents who are not citizens
Activities aimed at weakening the government
What did the alien and sedition acts allow the president to do?
Imprison aliens and deport those he thought were dangerous
After this video play the Alien and Sedition Act video; first clip is Adams discussing them with his cabinet, second is Abigail reading the slanders in the newspaper, third is Jefferson telling Adams the states reactions to the acts, there is a fourth clip of Adams signing it but if you want to save time you can stop it prior to.

5. Response of Democratic-Republicans’
Jefferson & Madison led the fight against the laws
Used the theory of states’ rights
States had rights the federal gov’t could not violate
Virginia & Kentucky proposed resolutions to nullify (cancel) the laws in their states
Nullification was not widely supported
Acts were repealed when the Republicans controlled Congress between 1800 & 1802

6. Response of Democratic-Republicans’
Document
Argument made in the document
Thomas Jefferson & James Madison
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798
Alien and Sedition Acts violated the Constitution & the states could nullify laws that were unconstitutional
10. What did Adams do to try and resolve the conflict with France?
He sent a representative to seek peace
Was the treaty with France popular in America?
No, and it hurt Adams chances at reelection
Review Clip:

7. Peace with France War fever in America was high
Adams reopened peace talks with France
Both sides signed the Convention of stop all naval attacks
Reopen the oceans for shipping & trading
Adams became enemies with many Federalists
Review Clip:

8. Election of 1800 Federalists: John Adams
Democratic-Republicans: Thomas Jefferson
No majority won
Election was decided by the House of Representatives
Jefferson won the election & Aaron Burr became his V.P.