Adams's+Presidency+(group)

Fact Finding Mission
 * Presidential Performance **

TASK: Your group has been assigned one of the early presidents of the newly formed United States of America. As you begin to research your president, please focus on who, what, when, where, and why of their presidency. Be as specific as possible. Remember you are telling a story as well. Your presentation should be planned for an entire class period and engaging for your audience. Good Luck with your mission!

** Background Information : ** Born: Oct. 30th 1735 Died: July 4th 1826 College: Hartvord(law) Wife: Abigail Smith in 1764 Wife died: 1818 age 54 Elected: 1797 elected President President: 2nd (first to go in the White House) CABNIT President: John Adams Vice President: Tohmas Jefferson Secretary of State: Timothy Pickering/John Marshall(1800) Secretary of the Treasury: Oliver Wollcott Secretary of War: James McHenry/Samuel Dexter(1800) Secretary of Navy: Benjamin Stoddart ||  ||
 * ** Name -John Adams Cousin -Samuel Adams(Federalist Papers) ** ||  ||
 * ** Years in Office -1797-1801 ** ||  ||
 * ** Political Party -Federalist ** ||  ||
 * ** Biographical or **
 * ** Events of Presidency 1800 convetion, XYZ affairs,and Acts ** ||  ||

What/Where/Why/ || Social, Political, and/or Economic  ||  Current Connection(s) For each accomplishment, you need to connect it to the world we live in today. || WHAT- We tried to make peace with France WHEN- 1798-1801 WHERE- France and U.S. WHY- To make peace || S,P,E- dealed with trade, was for democracy, and it dealed with people making peace. || Right now the Supreme Court is mad at Alabama for bribery convictions. The court is hearing all about this. This is like the XYZ Affair because we were bribing Talleyrand money. We instead took out a loan of ten million. || WHAT- Forbad anyone form publishing or voicing critisism on the National government WHEN- 1798 WHERE- Congress WHY- To stop poeople from critisizing the National government. || S,P- Social because it was banning //people's// actions twoard the governement. Political because the //government// did not life the decions they made. The government even made a law. || We all know there is somthing going on in Madison. This new bill is angrying everyone and the government of WI. Some of the government don't agree with the desicions made here. The bill is still only a bill. This is like the Alein and Sedition Acts by the people being mad at the governement and the government mad at the people. || WHAT- France started privateering our ships because we privateered theirs. WHEN- 1800 WHERE- Philidelphia WHY- U.S. and France were mad at each other. || S, P, E- It dealed with French people stealing ships and practically destroying them. Both of ours and France's goverment were mad at each other. Since there was people destroying our ships vice versa. Since there is destroyed ships the government has to make more ships wich costs them money. || All over the US people are arguing about postpoing the death penalty. Some thinks it's appropriate, but some think it's worong because "what if the guy was innocent?" We are constructing a 33 year experiment to see if the death penalty is appropriate. This is like the 1800 Convention because the whole 1800 Convention was life a big argument between us and France. ||
 * Accomplishment #1 ||  Accomplishment Details  Who - John Adams, French
 * **XYZ Affair** || WHO- Adams and France
 * The Alein and Sedition Acts || WHO- Adams and Congress
 * 1800 Convention || WHO- Adams and France