https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd John Adam's Presidency en-us 2016-10-17 13:49:50 UTC 2017-05-17 11:09:43 UTC hello@padlet.com katrina_moser841 https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131140256 John Adams was born on October 30, 1735, in Quincy, Massachusetts.  He studied at Harvard University, where he received his undergraduate degree and master's.  In 1774, he served on the First Continental Congress and helped draft the Declaration of Independence. Adams became the first vice president of the United States and the second president.]]> 2016-10-17 13:54:14 UTC https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131140256 katrina_moser841 https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131142040 The XYZ Affair was a political and diplomatic episode in 1797 and 1798, early in the administration of John Adams, involving a confrontation between the United States and Republican France that led to an undeclared war called the Quasi-War.]]> 2016-10-17 13:57:47 UTC https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131142040 katrina_moser841 https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131143840 The Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is declared in full force by President Adams. It stipulates that federal courts shall not have the jurisdiction over litigation between individuals from one state against individuals from another state. ]]> 2016-10-17 14:01:27 UTC https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131143840 katrina_moser841 https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131145271 2016-10-17 14:04:52 UTC https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131145271 katrina_moser841 https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131149466 On June 18, 1798, Congress approved the first of four acts that collectively became known as the Alien and Sedition Acts.Congress passed the Alien and Sedition Acts in the summer of 1798 as tension between Federalists and Democratic-Republicans peaked. Federalists, led by President John Adams, sought a strong, orderly central government, and feared the chaos of the French Revolution. Democratic-Republicans accused Federalists of instituting a tyranny similar to the one they had struggled against in the American Revolution. Lauding the efforts of French revolutionaries, they believed that a minimal central government best served the people's interests.]]> 2016-10-17 14:13:33 UTC https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131149466 katrina_moser841 https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131213248 2016-10-17 16:30:10 UTC https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131213248 katrina_moser841 https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131213681 Congress passes the Alien Act, granting President Adams the power to deport any alien he deemed potentially dangerous to the country's safety. June 25, 1798 ]]> 2016-10-17 16:30:58 UTC https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131213681 katrina_moser841 https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131215532 The new city of Washington in the District of Columbia becomes the official capital of the United States. It would not be until November that Congress convened in the new capital and Adams moved into the new Executive Mansion. June 1800 ]]> 2016-10-17 16:35:07 UTC https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131215532 katrina_moser841 https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131218141 2016-10-17 16:40:16 UTC https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131218141 katrina_moser841 https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131220721 "The two party system is "the greatest political evil under our Constitution" "There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other."  

Federalism the idea of a federal organization of more or less self-governing units.]]> 2016-10-17 16:45:44 UTC https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131220721 katrina_moser841 https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131223385 2016-10-17 16:51:17 UTC https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131223385 katrina_moser841 https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131225670  Adams thought Washington a great man but he never worshiped him. Adams implied to a French acquaintance while he was in France that Washington was looked up to because of his physical appearance, bearing, and ability to hide his temper.]]> 2016-10-17 16:56:17 UTC https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131225670 katrina_moser841 https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131228277 President John Adams nominated John Marshall to be Secretary of State on May 12, 1800, the same day that Adams dismissed Timothy Pickering. The U.S. Senate confirmed Marshall as Secretary of State the next day. He served as Secretary of State from June 6, 1800, until February 4, 1801, and then as ad interim Secretary of State until March 4, 1801.]]> 2016-10-17 17:01:50 UTC https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131228277 katrina_moser841 https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131230175 2016-10-17 17:05:19 UTC https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131230175 katrina_moser841 https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131231012  Samuel Dexter (1761 - 1816) resigned his seat as Massachusetts Senator in June 1800 to accept the position of Secretary of War in the Cabinet of President John Adams. Upon Secretary of the Treasury Oliver Wolcott's resignation in December 1800, Adams appointed Dexter an interim Secretary to serve until the inauguration of Thomas Jefferson as President.]]> 2016-10-17 17:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131231012 katrina_moser841 https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131231397 2016-10-17 17:07:55 UTC https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131231397 katrina_moser841 https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131232179 He played an important role as Secretary of War during the presidency of John Adams. When he came to office, Adams wanted to keep the cabinet serving under him together.]]> 2016-10-17 17:09:42 UTC https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131232179 katrina_moser841 https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131232457 2016-10-17 17:10:15 UTC https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131232457 katrina_moser841 https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131233627 President Washington appointed Lee Attorney General on December 10, 1795. He continued in office under President Adams, serving until March 4, 1801. Later Lee declined President Jefferson's offer of the position of Chief Justice of the United States. ]]> 2016-10-17 17:12:18 UTC https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131233627 katrina_moser841 https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131235196 2016-10-17 17:14:27 UTC https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131235196 katrina_moser841 https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131235656 Although Adams joined with the Sons of Liberty in objecting to what he believed was unfair taxation by the British government, the principled attorney believed in the primacy of the rule of law. After the killing of five colonists in the March 1770 Boston Massacre, Adams volunteered to represent the nine British soldiers charged with manslaughter to ensure they received a fair trial. Adams argued that the soldiers fired in self-defense against “a motley rabble” and won a surprising acquittal for seven of the defendants]]> 2016-10-17 17:15:29 UTC https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131235656 katrina_moser841 https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131236246 Adams drafted the Massachusetts Constitution, which was approved by voters in 1780 and is still in effect today.]]> 2016-10-17 17:16:41 UTC https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131236246 katrina_moser841 https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131236677 When President Adams arrived in Washington, D.C., from Philadelphia on June 3, 1800, the new national capital very much remained an active construction zone. The President’s House, later known as the White House, remained far from completion, so Adams was forced to reside in temporary quarters at Tunnicliffe’s City Hotel. ]]> 2016-10-17 17:17:43 UTC https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131236677 katrina_moser841 https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131237032 The two Declaration of Independence signee's both died 50 years to the day after the document’s adoption on July 4, 1826. On his deathbed, the 90-year-old Adams whispered, “Thomas Jefferson survives.” ]]> 2016-10-17 17:18:32 UTC https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131237032 katrina_moser841 https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131238251 The debate on how to properly address George Washington consumed Congress in the weeks after his 1789 inauguration. Adams, who presided over the Senate as the vice president, felt the office required a grand title to convey power on par with the royal courts of Europe.]]> 2016-10-17 17:21:39 UTC https://padlet.com/katrina_moser841/3hqorq543tjd/wish/131238251