John+Adams

= John Adams = = =

= "Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write." = = - John Adams = = Background Information: = Second President of the United States of America

Born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in October 30, 1735 Died on his farm in Quincy on July 4, 1826

He was a lawyer who graduated from Harvard A delegate from Massachusetts in the First and Second Continental Congress Was on the committee that wrote the Declaration of Independence Married Abigail Smith



=Presidency:= Began in March 4, 1797 Ended on March 3, 1801

__Political Party:__ Federalist

__Cabinet__: Vice President: Thomas Jefferson Secretary of State: Thomas Pickering, then John Marshall Secretary of Treasury: Oliver Wolcott Jr., then Samuel Dexter Secretary of War: James McHenry, then Samuel Dexter

__Issues during Presidency:__ -Alien and Sedition Act 1798: placed restrictions on aliens(Frenchmen, who potentially could influence U.S. politics by joining Republicans), extended naturalization period (can't vote unless citizen), impeded on Bill of Rights, write and/or speak anything derogatory of the U.S. can be arrested. -Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions: declared that the States have the right to declare acts by the Federal government as unconstitutional -XYZ Affair -Election of 1800: a cut throat and extremely competitive time between the political parties - Judiciary Act of 1801: creates additional federal judge positions, allows more federalists in the judiciary -Midnight Appointments: appointed several federalist judges the day before inaugural



__First Inaugural Address:__ "If a respectful attention to the constitutions of the individual States and a constant caution and delicacy toward the State governments; if an equal and impartial regard to the rights, interest, honor, and happiness of all the States in the Union, without preference or regard to a northern or southern, an eastern or western, position, their various political opinions on unessential points or their personal attachments; if a love of virtuous men of all parties and denominations; if a love of science and letters and a wish to patronize every rational effort to encourage schools, colleges, universities, academies, and every institution for propagating knowledge, virtue, and religion among all classes of the people, not only for their benign influence on the happiness of life in all its stages and classes, and of society in all its forms, but as the only means of preserving our Constitution from its natural enemies," Important Points: - He discusses the importance of having the union across the land - He mentions states have the right to assess the federal government, he supports the constitution but remind the people they can change it - He demonstrates his love of learning and deems that everyone has the right to education - Believes in the republic, but fears political parties becoming to passionate and become corrupt - Very intellectual and discusses how to read the constitution and justifies it

=Legacy= Was a revolutionary figure that pushed for independence from the British. During his presidency he did get caught up in political partisans by passing the Alien and Sedition Acts, but from these acts one can learn how these acts effect a nation and the dangers of political parties becoming to greedy for power.

Work Cited:

Information: John Adams First Inaugural Address( March 4, 1797) [] http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/adams_j.htm [|http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/john_adams.html#ixzz1ey9hg7Gz]

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