John Adams #8: President (1797-1801); Topics covered include: President of the United States: Inauguration, Focus on relations with France, the XYZ Affair, Challenges with his Cabinet and the High Federalists, the Alien Act, the Sedition Act, Choose to pursue negotiation with France instead of war, Judicial appointments, and loses re-election
Key People: John Marshall, Elbridge Gerry, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison
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