 An
Overview of John Adams' Administration
As President, John Adams fought a
split in his own party over his determination to
avoid war with France. He kept the peace, but in
the process he lost a second term as President.
During Adams' term, the federal government moved
from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C., and
Congress established the Department of the Navy
and the Marine Corps. |
 John
Adams: A Chronology of His Life and Career
John Adams seldom achieved
popularity during his long political career. His
bluntness, impatience, and vanity made him more
enemies than friends. On the great decisions of
his public career, history has proved him right
and his opponents wrong. But his clumsiness in
human relations often caused him to be
misunderstood. Despite those shortcomings, John
Adams was indeed a very important figure in the
history of the United States. |
 Abigail
Adams is today best
known by the volumes of letters she wrote to John
during the course of their marriage. In these
letters she often made her political beliefs
known, and was seldom shy about offering her
opinions as to what issues John and other leaders
should address. Some of the issues she spoke on
included slavery (she opposed it), equal
education for boys and girls, and women's rights. |
 XYZ
Affair In 1797, President John Adams
sent three diplomats to Paris to negotiate an end
to the undeclared naval war between France and
the United States. The French, however, demanded
that America pay a bribe of about $240,000 to the
French Foreign Minister. |
American History.--United States: General History and Description.--Revolution to the Civil War, 1775/1783-1861.--Constitutional Period, 1789-1809.
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