Adams Presidency

This person founded the Federalist Party 

• Thomas Jefferson 

• Alexander Hamilton 

• James Madison 

• John Adams 

This new political party favored a strong central government and supported an industrial economy 

• Whig Party 

• Whig Party 

• Federalist Party 

• Vernon Party 

The election of 1796 saw the development of these groups that help elect people and shape policies. 

• Patriots

• political parties 

• Royalists   

• XYZ Affair 

This law allowed the president to remove foreign residents he thought were involved in treason or plots against the government.

• XYZ affair

• Judiciary Act of 1787

• Talleyrand Affair 

• Alien and Sedition Acts 

This person won the presidential election of 1796 and became the second president of the United States.

• Thomas Jefferson 

• George Washington 

• James Madison 

• John Adams

This political party promoted limits to the power of the federal government.

• Federalist Party 

• Democratic-Republican Party 

• Whig Party 

• Vernon Party

These two southern Democratic Republicans declared that Alien and Sedition Acts unconstitutional. select 2 

• Aaron Burr

• Thomas Jefferson 

• Thomas Pinckney 

• Alexander Hamilton

• James Madison 

Americans in this region tended to favor limits on the power of the federal government.

• North

• South 

• East 

• West

Incident in which French Agents asked American officials for a bribe to consider a treaty between the United States and France 

• Neutrality Proclamation 

• Jay's Treaty 

• XYZ Affair 

• Privateer Affair 

Problems with this country led many Americans and Congress to prepare for war. 

• Britain

• France 

• Spain