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John Adams’ Presidency John Adams John Adams - 2 nd President (1797-1801) Federalist Federalist - Thomas Jefferson Vice- President Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican
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XYZ Affair (1797) XYZ Affair (1797) - French agents (X,Y,Z) asked for a bribe to discuss stopping attacks on American ships - Congress cancelled treaties w/ France & seized French ships - Congress began expanding army & navy
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Alien & Sedition Acts (1798) Alien & Sedition Acts (1798) - Increased waiting time to be U. S. citizen from 5 to 14 yrs - arrest disloyal aliens & deport during wartime - outlawed sedition (can’t say or write false or harmful things about gov’t) - wanted to get rid of immigrants who usually sided w/ Democratic Republicans
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Kentucky & Virginia Resolutions (1798) Kentucky & Virginia Resolutions (1798) - declared Alien & Sedition Acts unconstitutional - states’ rights theory – states have the right to judge when the federal government had passed an unconstitutional law - Acts repealed or expired (1800-1802)
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Peace w/ France Peace w/ France - Convention of 1800 stopped naval attacks stopped naval attacks - Avoided war w/ France - Lost election of 1800 to Thomas Jefferson
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