MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS FROM ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS TO XYZ AFFAIR
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CONDOLEESA RICE
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JOHN ROBERTS
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THOMAS JEFFERSON
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BEN FRANKLIN
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Detailed explanation-1: -Thomas Jefferson served as the first Secretary of State from March 22, 1790, to December 31, 1793. Jefferson brought remarkable talents to a long career guiding U.S. foreign affairs.
Detailed explanation-2: -His sympathy for the French Revolution led him into conflict with Alexander Hamilton when Jefferson was Secretary of State in President Washington’s Cabinet. He resigned in 1793.
Detailed explanation-3: -George Washington was unanimously elected the first President of the United States, and he named Jefferson as his Secretary of State.
Detailed explanation-4: -March 27, 1775 Jefferson is elected as a delegate to the second Continental Congress to replace Peyton Randolph, the former president of Congress, who is now presiding over the Virginia House of Burgesses. Jefferson attends the Virginia House of Burgesses until his departure for Philadelphia in mid-June.
Detailed explanation-5: -They had worked together amiably and for much of their lives were friends, if not close ones. Both were masters of great Virginia plantations. They served together in the Virginia legislature and in the Continental Congress, Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence and Washington was named Commander-in-Chief.