HIST 150 Lecture 8: Dr. Brady SP '15 Pre Spring Break
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Framers only envisioned a one party state but it became more. 1790s divisions of parties begin to separate into 2 political parties. Believe in a strong federal gov"t, top down approach, represented wealthier ppl in general, believed in a strong military and court system, Weaker federal gov"t, ordinary ppl have power in gov"t, didn"t like strong fed court system, didn"t like strong military. Washington declines to run 3rd term and john adams runs. Fed john adams is pitted against republican thomas jefferson. Adams got most votes and became president and tj was vice pres. John adams has to deal with continued presence of hamilton. Xyz affair- french seize more than 300 american civilian ships over the years and adams tries to solve this. He sends american delegates to negotiate in france. When am. arrive the french foreign minister demanded they pay him a bribe to talk to him.
