MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS FROM ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS TO XYZ AFFAIR
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Thomas Jefferson didn’t agree with John Adams
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John Adams wanted to declare war on Britain
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Hamilton and Adams disagreed over declaring war on France.
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George Washington criticized the Alien and Sedition Acts
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Detailed explanation-1: -The party split over negotiations with France during President John Adams’s administration, though it remained a political force until its members passed into the Democratic and the Whig parties in the 1820s.
Detailed explanation-2: -Adams’s Foreign Policy Divides the Federalists Led by Hamilton, many Federalists criticized Adams. They hoped a war would weaken the Democratic Republicans, who supported France. War would also force the nation to build its military forces. A strong military would increase federal power, a key Federalist goal.
Detailed explanation-3: -Federalists, in general, were men of wealth and position. They did not believe in democracy, rule by the people. For this reason, they strongly opposed the revolution in France. They were horrified by the execution of the French king and queen.
Detailed explanation-4: -Furious with Adams for considering Hamilton a member of a British faction, Hamilton began his campaign to make sure that Adams would lose the Election of 1800, even if it meant getting Jefferson and the opposing Democratic-Republican Party elected instead.