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Adams AdministrationThe Undeclared War with France - ANS--was a by-product of Jay's Treaty
-French plunder 300 American ships, bad diplomatic relations with US- why this
happened: when Jay accepted negotiations regarding treaty, rule stated that food
supplies and naval products be treated as illegal subject to seizure: French reasoned
that American cargo headed for British ports was subject to same interpretation
-Monroe was the previous ambassador to Paris, but he became too hostile to Jay's
Treaty that Washington removed him from office: The French refused to accept his
replacement, Charles Pickney (brother of Thomas)
XYZ Affair - ANS--in 1797, Pinckney returns to Paris with John Marshall, VA Federalist,
and Elbridge Gerry, MA republican, for further negotiations
-three commissioners accosted by three French officials (labeled X, Y, Z): French
diplomats confided that negotiations would begin if Americans first paid bribe of
$250,000
-Americans refuse, hostility of French rises
-Congress authorizes capture of armed French ships, suspended trade with France,
renounced 1778 Treaty of Alliance as nothing
Tensions between Federalists and Republicans - ANS--republican Jefferson accused
Federalists of suppressing individual liberty in order to promote selfish interests;
opposed Jay's Treaty because it was pro-British and anti-French, and hated
suppression during Whiskey Rebellion
-more sectional divisions between North and South
-John Adams becomes rivals with Thomas Jefferson, Jefferson plants rumors about
opponents in the press
Alien and Sedition Acts Overview - ANS--proposed by extreme Federalists in Congress
-three of four acts were hostile to foreigners, especially the French (who Federalists
hated) and Irish (who started to become active Republicans and Revolutionaries)
Naturalization Act - ANS--lengthened from five to fourteen years the residency
requirement for citizenship
Alien Act - ANS--allowed president to deport "dangerous" aliens
Alien Enemies Act - ANS--authorized president in time of declared war to expel or
imprison enemy aliens as will
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