What Major Social Events, Happenings, or Movements occurred during John Adams presidency?
John Adams America’s most neglected President Patriot – – – the first President to be hounded out of Office by Politics…. The biggie was the Quasi-War with France & Britain, a divisive issue and one of the reasons why Adams only stayed for one term… The war produced a spate of trials questioning legality & freedom and these trials were a major source of entertainment. The Death of George Washinton in 1799 plunged the new Nation into Mourning before the Dawn of the 18th Century Gonna cut & paste time line for you….. Odd Note, the WHite House was oppened with little fanfare or excitement… http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/1751… “””1797. A cast-iron plow is invented, but farmers fear it will poison the soil and refuse to use it. 18 October. Amid tensions between the US and France, French foreign minister Tallyrand’s agents suggest a “loan,” essentially a bribe, to bring the French to the bargaining table.
