MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS FROM ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS TO XYZ AFFAIR
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2-term limits
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Permanent alliances with other countries
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Trade with Britain
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Violating the 1st Amendment
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Detailed explanation-1: -Washington warns the people that political factions may seek to obstruct the execution of the laws created by the government or to prevent the branches of government from exercising the powers provided to them by the constitution.
Detailed explanation-2: -Frustrated by French meddling in U.S. politics, Washington warned the nation to avoid permanent alliances with foreign nations and to rely instead on temporary alliances for emergencies.
Detailed explanation-3: -He believed that US commercial power would allow it to pursue an independent course, unfettered by conventional diplomacy, and he wrote to a protégé: The day is within my time as well as yours, when we may say by what laws other nations treat us on the sea.