1797-1801

• Born: October 30, 1735
• Died: July 4, 1826
• Presidential Term: March 4, 1797- March 4,
1801
• Party: Federalist party

John Adams lead in making his presidency the example of republican values, while he also stressed civic virtue.
John Adams also continued to strengthen the central government, in particular by expanding the navy and army.

a political and diplomatic
The reason why the
The XYZ Affair was episode in 1797 and 1798, which was early in the name XYZ came into play was because these letters derived from the names of the French diplomats in the documents released by the
Adams administration.
administration of
John Adams. This involved the
United States and
Republican
France.

The Alien and Sedition Act were four bills that were passed in 1798 by the federalists in the 5 th United States congress, in the aftermath of the
French Revolution and also during an undeclared war with France, later known as the Quasi-War. These laws were signed by President John
Adams.
These four bills were intended to protect the Americans from their foreign enemies, which would be France. They did this by making it harder for foreigners to become citizens and also gave the President John Adams power to deport anyone of suspicion.
This act was ruled unconstitutional.

The undeclared naval war called the Quasi-War was with France during 1798 through the 1800’s.
The location of which this war was fought was the Atlantic Ocean, the
Caribbean Sea, the
Indian Ocean, and the
Mediterranean Sea.

John Adams decision to push for peace with France, rather than to continue hostilities, that hurt his popularity was overall a good idea. This may have hurt his popularity but it did keep the nation out of war.
John Adams said, in a letter to James Lloyd, January 1815, of peace:
"I desire no other inscription over my gravestone than: Here lies John Adams, who took upon himself the responsibility of the peace with France in the year
1800.”