When John Adams became the second president of the United States ... and the young nation was sinking deeper into a foreign policy crisis with its onetime ally France. Adams’ Federalist Party wanted ...

From the moment John Adams entered the presidency in 1797 ... monopolizing both foreign policy and domestic policy. Adams inherited the crisis with France from Washington, as well as much of ...

Between 1778 and 1788, John ... when Adams was recalled to America, he wasn't even assigned a new post. Adams' second stay in France was disastrous. In July 1780 he wrote French Foreign Minister ...

John Adams was many things: lawyer ... Election debates focused on foreign policy—especially how closely to align with Great Britain and France; developing a strong central bank and monetary system; ...

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson will always ... including the meaning of "federalism," the dangers to republican government, and foreign policy. In broad terms, Federalists favored an "energetic ...

In 1788, when John Adams returned ... as his second-in-command, Adams was by no means a close adviser to President Washington. Adams supported his domestic and foreign policies, but he never ...

John Adams was many things: lawyer ... Election debates focused on foreign policy—especially how closely to align with Great Britain and France; developing a strong central bank and monetary system; ...

John Adams was born on October 30, 1735, in Braintree, Massachusetts. His father, a farmer and deacon, hoped that Adams would enter the clergy, but his Harvard professors thought his propensity ...