2. Washington steps down
• Washington only served two terms
• His Farewell Address:
– Don’t have political parties
– Don’t make political ties with other countries
– Stay out of debt
3.
4. Election of 1796
• Republicans – Thomas Jefferson and Aaron
Burr
• Federalists – Thomas Pinckney and John
Adams
5.
6.
7. Who Won?
• John Adams was president
• Thomas Jefferson was vice-president
8. XYZ Affair
• French were raiding American ships
• Adams sent men to talk to the French foreign
minister to avoid war
• After nine months of waiting to see him, they
said a bribe would help the Americans get to
see him
• The French wanted $250,000 and $10 million
loan
9. • Americans were outraged!
• Adams told Congress about it, but used X, Y, Z
in place of the names of French who wanted
the bribe.
10. • Americans got ready for war
• Went to “Quasi War” with the French
• The Convention of 1800 avoided all out war
with the French
11.
12. Alien and Sedition Acts
• Four parts
– 1. Naturalization Act – extended the time
required to gain American citizenship from 5 to 14
years
– 2. Alien Enemies Act and Alien Act – allowed the
president to imprison or expel any “dangerous”
foreigners
– 4. Sedition Act – any person who said, wrote or
published anything false against the government
could be fined and jailed
13.
14. Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
• Said that states had a right to nullify any
federal law
15. Election of 1800
• Federalists – Adams and Pinckney
• Republicans – Jefferson and Burr
• Jefferson and Burr tied…who gets to be
president?
• Jefferson wins
16. Supreme Court
• John Marshal was appointed chief justice of
the Supreme Court
• He worked to make the Supreme Court more
powerful
17.
18. • John Adams appointed 58 judges late the
night before he left office
• They are called midnight judges
Notas del editor
People wanted him to serve more, but he refused!He was not power hungryHe died 2 years after being president...only president to have state named after him, 70 other places named after him
He died 2 years after being president...only president to have state named after him, 70 other places named after him – most for any other individualImage appears on currency, postage stamps and other national symbols
On inuagration day, Abigail Adams didn’t come because she was afraid of public criticism…hard to follow Washington
Seized more than 300 American sailors and threatened to hang them
Called for a navy and built 40 ships…the most famous was the USS ConstitutionTripled size of armyWashington was called to command the army
Federalists claimed it would help protect the Americans during the threat of warMost immigrants joined the Republican party
The ballots did not state which man was running for president and which was running for vice president. Every elector gets two votes…Had to have 35 ballots to see who was winner
