1. Chapter 4 section 2 Objective 1.03 assess commercial & diplomatic relationships with other nations

2.  French angry over Jay’s Treaty  Federalists called for War against France  Adams reluctant to go to war  **The XYZ Affair  Sent Charles Pinckney, Elbridge Gerry & John Marshall to negotiate  Three French agents tried to bribe them even before the negotiations began  Became highly publicized & nationalism rose throughout the country  June 1798 – Congress stopped trade with France & ordered capture of their ships  Became an undeclared war at sea

3. Convention of 1800  Agreement between US & France  U.S. will give up all claims against (seizure of cargo etc.) France.  France released the US from Franco-American Treaty of 1778.  ** The U.S. would have no other treaty with another country which required US military help until AFTER WWII.

4. 1. Florida 2. Rights to the Mississippi River 3. Most Favored Nation Status 4. $10,000/year **Temporarily kept us out of war.

5.  *Alien & Sedition Acts  Made non-citizens wait 14 years to become citizens  Aliens dangerous to the US could be deported  Citizens were not allowed to criticize public officials Aimed at Anti-British immigrants who usually voted Republican Aimed at preventing Republicans from criticizing the government

6. SSecretly written by Jefferson & Madison RResolutions in these 2 legislatures passed which criticized the Alien & Sedition Acts IInterposition – theory that if the federal government does something unconstitutional the state could step in & stop the illegal action NNullification – theory that if the federal government passed an unconstitutional law the states had the right to nullify the law or declare it invalid

7. Federalists John Adams Democratic-Republicans Thomas Jefferson

8.  Name for the election  A major change in power in Presidency & Congress  Constitutional problem – Tie for the presidency between both Republicans (Burr & Jefferson) – House of Representatives had to choose  12 th amendment - 1804