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• Political Parties groups that help elect
  government officials and shape government
  policies
• TWO parties form despite Washingtons warnings

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• a. Federalist party stronger federal
• government and promote industry
• and trade

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• 1.Founded by Hamilton
• 2. John Adams for President
• and Thomas Pinckney for
  Vice President

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• 3. Party most popular in New
  England

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• b. Democratic Republican Party
• limit power of federal govern.
• 1. Started by Jefferson and
• Madison

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• 2. Members were called
• Republicans
• - not related to modern
• Republican party

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• 3. Party most popular in the
• South

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• 2. Both sides attack each other during
• the election

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• I fear America will never go through another
  election without Blood Shed. We have had a paper
  War for six weeks past.
• Abigail Adams

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• 3. Adams (Federalist) narrowly defeats
• Jefferson

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• a. Person who took 2nd place
  becomes Vice President
• 1. Jefferson becomes Adamss VP after
  months of fighting

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• XYZ Affair
• 1. Adamss first goal as pres. was to
  improve relations between US and
• France

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• a. France attacking American ships
• b. Adams sends diplomats to France but
  French foreign
• minister will not meet with them

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• c. French agents secretly meet with US
  diplomats
• 1. French will discuss treaty only
  for 250,000 bribe and
• 12 million loan

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• 2. US refuses demand and Congress
  calls for war with France
• d. Called XYZ affair X, Y and Z
• substitute for names of French
  agents

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• e. Adams fears war asks for peacetime army
  and to expand navy
• 1. But American French ships
  attack each other in Caribbean

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• f. Adams refuses to go to war and
• eventually treaty signed between
• French and US

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• Alien and Sedition Acts
• 1. Alien Act President can remove
• foreign residents from the country

Any treasonable or secret plots against the
government
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• 2. Sedition Act US cant join any
• plots against the governments policies

Illegal to write, print, utter or publish any
false or hostile words against the government or
its policies.
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• 3. These acts applied mostly to
• Republicans who were unhappy
• with current government policies
• a. Some arrested and jailed

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• 4. Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
• said Alien and Sedition Acts were
• unconstitutional
• a. Written by Madison Hamilton

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• b. Said state governments could
• ignore unconstitutional, federal
• laws
• c. Impacted idea of states rights
• and their right to challenge
  federal govern.

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• Election of 1800
• Jefferson and Burr (Republicans) vs. Adams and
  Pickney

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• 2. Republicans challenge
• a. Alien and Sedition Acts
• b. Adamss permanent army and the
• taxes to maintain it
• c. Adamss has hurt relationship between
  US and France

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• 3. Federalists respond by
• a. Jefferson is too friendly with
• warring France
• b. Jefferson will get rid of organized
• religion

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• 4. Jefferson actively campaigns while
• Adams believes he will be judged on
• his public record
• a. Hamilton works against Adams and
  further divides Federalist party

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• Narrow Republican Victory
• 1. Jefferson and Burr each win 73 electoral
  votes, 65 for Adams and 64 for Pickney
• Both Jefferson and Burr eligible for
• President

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• a. House of Representatives decides
• 1. Federalists vote for Burr
• 2. Republicans for Jefferson
• b. Another tie repeated 30 times

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• 3. Jefferson finally wins (thanks to
• Hamilton)
• a. Federalist party weakened because
  of loss

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• b. Jefferson believes transfer of power
• between the 2 parties shows
  strength of US government

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• 4. 12th Amendment separate ballot
• for president and vice president