John Adams Flashcards
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XYZ affair (what was it and how did the americans react to it)
A
- French were capturing our ships
- French foreign minister Charles Talleyrand sent 3 secret agents to offer the Americans a deal
- pay Talleyrand 250,000 and loan France 10 million
- Americans were angry and some wanted war
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Q
President and Vice President
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John Adams ( president- federalist) Thomas Jefferson (Vice President- democratic republican)
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Q
Alien acts
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Allowed the president to expel any foreigner he throughout was dangerouse to the country (angered republicans)
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Sedition acts
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Said that citizens would be fined or ailed of criticized elected officials ( applied mostly to news paper editiors)
