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Today in History
1864 Lincoln is re-elected
president
1895 A German scientist
discovers x-rays.
1939 Hitler survives
assassination attempt.
1960 JFK is elected president.
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As Washington decided to retire, the
two political parties began to fight for
control of the government.
The Federalists - Vice President John
Adams for President and Thomas
Pinckney as Vice President.
The Democratic-Republicans -
Thomas Jefferson as President and
Aaron Burr as Vice President.
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Adams won the
presidency of 1796,
but Thomas
Jefferson became
Vice President since
he received the
second-highest
number of votes.
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The XYZ Affair
America was still caught between France and
Englands war with each other.
After the U.S. signed the treaty with
England, French warships began to attack
American ships.
Adams did not want to go to war with France
and sent 3 men to act as ambassadors to
help sign a peace treaty.
The French officials demanded a bribe, which
the Americans refused.
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The Quasi War
John Marshall, one of the American
ambassadors, returned to report on the
incident and the French agents were
referred to as agents X, Y and Z in the
documentation.
Americans were enraged because they saw
the bribe as a demand to pay tribute to the
French government.
Congress responded by preparing for war and
creating the Department of the Navy.
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The Quasi War
While there was no official declaration of
war, America and France did fight many
naval battles at sea between 1798 and
1800.
President Adams realized that the United
States wasnt prepared for a large-scale
war and sent another delegation to France
to negotiate a trade agreement.
This occurred in 1799 when Napoleon
Bonaparte seized control of the government.
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The Alien and Sedition Acts
Americans were afraid that the European
ideas of radical atheism would come to the
U.S. with immigration.
In 1798, the Federalists convinced Congress
to pass a series of acts as a protection.
An alien is someone who is not a citizen of
where they live.
Sedition means to stir up rebellion against
the government.
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The Alien and Sedition Acts
The acts meant:
Immigrants had to wait longer to become
citizens.
The President could deport dangerous
immigrants.
It was illegal to be a part of any plan to overthrow
the established government.
It was illegal to publish any false, scandalous or
malicious statements against the government,
which were targeted at Democratic-Republican
newspapers that opposed the Federalists.
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The Alien and Sedition Acts
While there were some grounds for the
Acts, they also stirred up resentment
in foreign-born citizens.
They were used as political tools to
accomplish Federalist ideas.
Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic-
Republicans attacked the Acts as a
violation of 1st Amendment rights.
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End of the Federalist Era
The Alien and Sedition Acts provoked the
first states rights movement under the
new Constitution.
Kentucky and Virginia insisted that the
Constitution was an agreement between
the individual states and the government.
The states could judge for themselves if an
act violated the contract.
Known as the Kentucky and Virginia
Resolutions.
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End of the Federalist Era
In 1799, George Washington died.
First in war, first in peace, and first in
the hearts of his countrymen. Henry
Knox
He was known as the Father of Our
Country.
England, upon hearing about his death,
lowered their flags out of respect.
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End of the Federalist Era
By 1800, America was ready for a
change from the Federalist who had
held power for the first 12 years.
Federalists wanted John Adams
reelected.
The Democratic-Republicans again
chose Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr.
Jefferson promised to repeal the Sedition Act
and check the federal governments power.
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Jefferson won the election.
The Democratic-Republican Party also won
the control of both houses of Congress.
Before Adams left office, he appointed
John Marshall as Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court.
Under Marshall, the Supreme Court
established its authority to rule on the
constitutionality of laws.
