A wee bit more of Chapter 10

A wee bit more of Chapter 10

Sorry…

Impact of French Revolution (1790s)• SIGNIFICANCE: Single most important

issue separating Fed & Rep• Many Americans saw French Revolution

as 2nd chapter of American Revolution• France & its “Reign of Terror”• When fighting spread to the Caribbean in

the French West Indies, the US had to pick a side

• Washington: technically US still obligated to help out under Franco-American Alliance; declared U.S. as NEUTRAL b/c of weak military

So long…farewell…

• Washington served 2 terms as POTUS• Farewell Address:

Warned against evils of political parties Warned against permanent foreign

alliances Isolationism dominant US foreign policy

John Adams as 2nd POTUS

• Adams defeated Jefferson TJ was VP!

• Post-French Rev. Americans realigned itself with GB (Jay’s Treaty) Trouble with France plagued Adams

• XYZ Affair (1797) Adams sent delegation to Paris to ease

tension with France US delegates met by 3 French agents who

tried to con the Americans into talking to French minister Talleyrand

Negotiations broke down War hysteria swept the US

Alien & Sedition Acts

• Purpose: Federalists passed a series of oppressive laws to reduce power of Jeffersonians & silence anti-war opposition

• Alien Act Raised residence requirements for US

citizenship from 5 yrs to 14 yrs• Sedition Act

Anyone who impeded the policies of gov or falsely criticized its officials (i.e., POTUS) would be liable to a heavy fine & imprisonment

The Triumphs & Travails of the Jeffersonian

RepublicChapter 11

Revolution of 1800

• Jefferson became President• Peaceful transfer of power• First party overturn in the history of the

country

Inaugural Speech Quotes:• “We are Republicans, we are all

Federalists”• “Honest friendship with all nations,

entangling alliances with none.”

Jefferson as President• Jefferson ironically kept most of

Hamilton’s fiscal policies (BUS, tariff, funding of debt)

• Focused on healing rift b/t both parties• Naturalization Law: 5 year req. for

citizenship• Repeal Hamilton’s excise taxes• Reduced nat’l debt by cutting gov

spending• Reduced standing army to build navy• 12th Amendment—electors had to specify

their vote: one for pres & one for VP

John Marshall & the Supreme Court

• Judiciary Act of 1801 Fed. Created 16 new

judge positions Adams signed last

minute judges into office

• John Marshall Appointed CJ under

Adams Most influential CJ in US

History Maintained Federalists

principles in rulings