2. Washington Retires  1796: Washington declines to serve a 3 rd Term as president  Farewell Address: Warns against entangling foreign alliances  Isolationism: Stay Neutral in Foreign Policy and Stay Out of European Affairs

3. Battlefield America: 1796

4. Election of 1796  First Election without Washington running for president  John Adams, Federalist vs. Thomas Jefferson, Democratic-Republican  Adams wins 53% to 46% (71-68 in the Electoral College)  Jefferson elected Vice-President! (He’s of the opposite party!)

5. Foreign Policy  France and Great Britain are at war  Hamilton and the Federalists want to ally with Britain against France  Jefferson and Democratic-Republicans want to ally with France against Britain  Adams tries to stay Neutral

6. Quasi-War with France  Adams gives orders to create and build the United States Navy  XYZ Affair: France demands money in exchange for negotiations (AKA Blackmail)  Adams signs Alien and Sedition Acts targeting suspicious immigrants for arrest and increasing waiting time for citizenship to 14 years  Government can arrest you if you criticize them!

7. Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions  Madison and Jefferson write the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions in 1798  Argue that states have the right to NULLIFY (ignore) federal laws if the states think the law is unconstitutional!  WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG????