1. The First Political Parties Chapter 5 Section 3, 290-297

2. Vocabulary  Alien and Sedition Acts: group of laws that discouraged immigration; strengthened Republican Party  John Adams: a Federalist who served as the 2 nd president of the US  Implied powers: powers suggested but not directly stated in the Constitution  Caucuses: held by political parties to choose candidates  Partisan: favoring one side of an issue  Democratic-Republicans: disagreed with Hamilton’s economic policies  XYZ Affair: crisis in US foreign relations with France  Federalist: someone who supported Washington administration policies

3. Opposing Views  How did two political parties emerge?  1796: differing views made political parties  Hamilton, Jefferson on opposition sides  Federalist: G. Washington, Hamilton Strong federal gov’t Implied powers National bank  Democratic-Republican: Jefferson, Madison Limited gov’t

4. President John Adams  What led to undeclared war with France  1796: Federalists and Republicans held caucuses  Adams: president  Jefferson: vice president  The XYZ afffair Adams tried to avoid war France demanded a bribe and loan from Adams-led to war

5. Alien and Sedition Acts  What led to the Alien and Sedition Acts?  Threat of War made Americans suspicious of aliens  Worried about sedition: activities weakening the gov’t  Sedition Acts: made it illegal to publish “false, scandalous and malicious” criticisms of the gov’t.  Passed strict laws Discouraged immigration Hurt the Federalist Party