Do Now:What did Washington warn the nation not to do in his farewell address? Do you think they will listen?

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Aim How did The Presidency of John Adams Differ
from the Presidency of George Washington?

• Do NowWhat did Washington warn the nation not to
  do in his farewell address? Do you think they
  will listen?

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Before President Washington Leaves..

• Jays Treaty--created to stop issues between
  America and Britain.
• America would repay prewar debts and Britain
  would give up their forts on America soil

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How did Adams become President?

• Narrowly defeated Thomas Jefferson in the
  election of 1796
• Problem--Adams is a federalist, Jefferson a
  democratic republican.

How will they get along as president and vice
president?
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How does the nation feel about Adams?

• The nation viewed President Adams as stubborn and
  pompous

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Problems with France because of Jays Treaty

• 1796--French began seizing American Merchant
  Ships
• Adams sent people to France to negotiate a
  stoppage
• The French agents known as X, Y, Z demanded
  bribes causing Adams to stop negotiating(XYZ
  Affair)
• Caused America to begin building up their armed
  forces.

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Alien Sedition Acts

• Tensions were high
• between the US and
• France
• Government could
• arrest and deport
• immigrants who
• criticized
• the government

What is the cartoonists view of congress while
Adams was president?
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Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

• Declared the Alien and Sedition
• act unconstitutional
• Stating that states
• have the power to
• nullify federal laws
• that they feel are
• unconstitutional

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Election of 1800

• Adams lost the
• election to Jefferson

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Impact of the election of 1800

• Congress passes an amendment that requires
  electors to vote separately for president and
  vice president to avoid this problem again.

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Summary Questions

• How does the presidency of Adams compare to that
  of Washingtons?
• Does having a President and VP from different
  parties help or hinder government? Explain

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• One way in which the Kentucky and Virginia
  Resolutions (1798) and the South Carolina
  Ordinance of Nullification (1832) are similar is
  that each
• 1.claimed that individual states have the right
  to interpret federal laws
• 2.formed part of the unwritten constitution
• 3.supported the federal governments power to
  declare war
• 4.provided a way for new states to enter the Union