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JOHN ADAMS IS PRESIDENT (1796)

JOHN ADAMS IS PRESIDENT (1796). I. Foreign Issues. John Adams’s biggest problem = France France was impressing our ships Adams’ reaction was to send a peace keeping mission to France to try and end the impressment. I. Foreign Issues.

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JOHN ADAMS IS PRESIDENT (1796)

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  1. JOHN ADAMS IS PRESIDENT (1796)

  2. I. Foreign Issues • John Adams’s biggest problem = France • France was impressing our ships • Adams’ reaction was to send a peace keeping mission to France to try and end the impressment

  3. I. Foreign Issues • XYZ Affair- when the U.S. diplomats arrived in France they were kidnapped and held hostage. • French officials said they could not meet to end impressment until America paid them $250,000 along with a $12 million dollar loan • John Adams refuses • Undeclared naval war begins

  4. Response in America to XYZ • Federalists were angry- remember their job is trading • Democratic Republicans- believed this was our own fault since we didn’t send aid during the revolution • Adams fears a civil war so he issues the Alien and Sedition Acts

  5. Alien and Sedition Acts • Alien and Sedition Acts • First three laws went against immigrants since most were Democratic Republicans • Final law made it illegal to print anything negative against the government • Adams supported these laws thinking it would end the threat of war and calm both sides

  6. Response to Alien and Sedition • The two largest Democratic Republican States responded with the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions • Written by: Jefferson and Madison • Argued: states had the right to nullify (or made null and void) federal laws that hurt individual states • Said the national Alien and Sedition laws would not exist in their states • Introduced idea of nullification to U.S.

  7. John Adams’s Response • Didn’t get rid of the laws, but didn’t punish Virginia and Kentucky either • Sent another peace-keeping mission to France to end the undeclared naval war

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