Presidency Chart – Adams (1796 - 1801)

 

Foreign Problems

Problems with France

 

 

 

 

 

XYZ Affair

 

 

 

 

Quasi War with France (1798 – 1800)

 

 

 

 

Adams’ Actions

 

 

 

 

Resolution

 

 

 

Laws Passed

Reaction of Democrat-Republicans: Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

Alien and Alien Enemies Act

 

 

 

 

 

Sedition Act

 

 

 

 

 

Naturalization Acts

 

 

 

Trials under the Sedition Act

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fries Uprising (1799-1800)

 

Gabriel’s Rebellion (1800)

 

Election of 1800

“Midnight Judges”