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19. Politics in Transition: Public Conflict in the 1790s

The shock of the French Revolution, the bargaining with Britain and France, the appearance of two parties, the Adams presidency, and the Alien and Sedition Acts.

19. Politics in Transition: Public Conflict in the 1790s

John Adams, the second President of the United States, was charged with the task of following in George Washington's formidable footsteps. The French Revolutio…

19a. Trans-Atlantic Crisis: The French Revolution

The violent uprising that was the French Revolution claimed the lives of many, including the spokesmen and leaders of all interests. Here, the head of King Lou…

19b. Negotiating with the Superpowers

The USS Constitution, launched on October 21, 1797, is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat. The United States was a small new country. Regardless, it…

19c. Two Parties Emerge

The State House in Boston was designed by Charles Bullfinch, who also designed the Capitol in Washington D.C. The election of 1796 was the first election in Am…

19d. The Adams Presidency

John Marshall, delegate to France during the XYZ Affair in 1797, became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1801. Would the meddlesome Alexander Hamilton und…

19e. The Alien and Sedition Acts

L.F. Tantillo's Return of the Experiment records the arrival of the Experiment in Albany, New York, after its trip to China. It was only the second American sh…

19f. The Life and Times of John Adams

A mob of perhaps 30,000 people advanced toward the Tuileries Palace to capture King Louis XVI on August 10, 1792. John Adams stands as an almost tragic figure…