JOHN+ADAMS

=JOHN ADAMS Author: Mackenzie N.=

Early Life:
John Adams was born October 30, 1735 into a modest family and the eldest of three kids. Admas went to Harvard at age 17 with his father wanting him to be minister but Adams had doubts about that. After he had graduated he taught school for a few years and this allowed him to think of what he wanted for his career and that was being a lawyer. Adams then studied law in the office of James Putnam. Then after a few years five days before his 29th birthday he married Abigail.

=Presidency:= John Adams was the 2nd president of the United States on December 7,1796 and was president by receiving 71 electoral votes against Thomas Jefferson who received 68 electoral votes but became the vice president. While he was in office he wanted to keep Washington's lead on making the presidency an example of republican values. Adams keep the presidency from 1796-1801 when Adams lost the election to Jefferson and Burr. On October 18,1797 Adams commissions to France, to meet with agents of the French government, and is told he must pay $250,000 and loan the French government an abundant amount of money before common talk occur but he refuses. Then on April 3,1798 Adams released to congress the discharge from the American commission to France, explaining the failure. This then angers the American public by the bribery demands of the French agents and is known as the XYZ affair. Adams also realized that he needed to follow Washington's idea of staying out of the French and British war. Then in 1798 Adams signed the Alien and Sedation Acts. There were four separate acts: the Naturalization Act, increased the amount necessary for immigrants to become naturalized citizens in the U.S., The Alien Act, designed to protect the U.S from alien citizens of enemy powers and stop attacks weakening the government, The Alien Enemies Act, Authorized the president to apprehend and deport any resident aliens if their home countries were at war with the U.S., The Sedation Act, made it illegal to publish false information about the government. The Naturalization was passed June 8,1798, The Alien Act was passed June 24,1798, The Alien Enemies Act was passed july 6.1798, and The Sedation Act was passed July 14, 1798.



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