The First Political Parties

Lesson 3 The First Political Parties

Federalist Party vs Republican

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John Adams as America's 2nd president 1796 - 1800​

Federalist Party

• Chose John Adams as candidate in 1796

• valued strong business and strong central government

• Popular in the North with business people and merchants

• supported by rich and educated Americans

Republican Party

• Chose Thomas Jefferson as their candidate in 1796

• Popular party in the southern states

• believed in less government and protection of ordinary people

• supported by farmers

Election of 1796

• Adams wins the election with 71 electoral votes

• Jefferson comes in 2nd with 68 votes

• Jefferson becomes the Vice President to John Adams...

Multiple Select

Which of the following are accomplishments of John Adams?

• helped write the Declaration of Independence

• great military leader in the war with the British

• helped create the peace treaty that ended the war between the U.S. and Britain

• a brave soldier that fought with Washington in numerous battles

Adams as President

• John Adams gets blamed for supporting the Alien and Sedition Acts

• The Alien and Sedition Acts allowed the government to put people in jail for speaking out against the government.

• The laws also allowed the president to imprison and deport any aliens he felt were dangerous to the U.S.

The XYZ Affair

France demands that the U.S. give them a loan and tried to bribe the U.S.

The French said if the U.S. gave into their demands then they would stop attacking American ships

The American people are very angry with the French and are demanding war with France!

Multiple Choice

The XYZ Affair was a meeting with the French, where they demanded

• A small loan from the U.S.

• A food and supplies from the U.S.

• Weapons from the U.S

• A loan and a bribe from the U.S.

Election of 1800

• John Adams vs Thomas Jefferson (again)

• Jefferson wins by a landslide! Adams was blamed for supporting Alien and Sedition Acts

Poll

Which person would you have voted for as president in the election of 1800?

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson