John Adams: His Rotundity (1797 - 1801) 

That may have been the official reasons given and written down but truthfully under Hamilton’s direction I have no doubt the true intentions of the army were to consolidate power for the federalists.

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Jefferson wasn’t exactly a saint himself and was a pretty subpar president, tbh.

@@TheJosephPrice Thank you!

Why would you say that?

@@TheJosephPrice Jefferson was actually a very good president all in all. Thanks to him the national debt was cut by a third, the Barbary pirates were defeated, the Louisiana Purchase happened, the strongest anti slavery bill up until the Civil War was passed, various expeditions like Lewis and Clark provided valuable information and maps of the interior, West Point and the Army corps of Engineers was established, coastal fortifications were built, and the essential groundwork was laid for resolving the Yazoo land disputes. It was only in the latter part of his second term that Jefferson really started to fuck up. Starting with rejection of the Monroe-Pinkney Act (though I understand why) and trying to enforce a ridiculous and unenforceable embargo that wrecked the economy, as well as his insistence on useless gunboats. But these major screw ups don't erase his great accomplishments that came before.

Adams prevented us from a disastrous war with France. That's not something a bad president does.

Depressing? His life was amazing and he and his contemporaries accomplished SO much.

Depressing?! He loved his wife, and she him. They had a long and mutually supportive, loving, intellectually stimulating marriage. He was brilliant. He had many friends. He delighted in his daughter and son John Quincy, and he adored his grandchildren. He read prolifically and delighted in books to the very end of his long, honorable life. He was instrumental to the founding of our nation. He had many adventures. He was ALWAYS loyal to George Washington. He delighted in nature, in his farm, in his family. He was active even in old age, going on long walks, doing physical work on his farm and riding horses. He lived a life so full of meaning and soul, I can only hope to come close to what this humble, good man lived. He delighted in everything, be it rain or ice on the trees, or a good book, or his dear grandchildren, and of course, his brilliant wife Abigail.

@@EveSantamaria-mq8kv not sure I was joking originally, but that's cash either way. Good on him.

The confusion come from how the electoral college worked back then. In this election each member was given 2 votes for President. The idea was that the one running for president was going to get the most and one of the electoral college members would abstain to give one less vote to be Vice President. That did not go as planned and it would take about 36 extra votes before Jefferson officially beat Burr.

Each member of the electoral college got two votes back then. When Adams was elected the candidates did not have running mates, so Jefferson just came in second. But for the election of 1800 they decided to try using running mates so that the president could have a vice president of his choice.

All math is coming very soon!

I have been doing all the presidents in order! Just did JFK. Watch the whole playlist!

@@ProfessorDaveExplains I see that thanks!!!

@@ProfessorDaveExplains yes thank you.

Adams and Jefferson were intellectually superior. Adams was a better, more moral and stronger man than Jefferson. Washington had other impressive talents, but was not an intellectual. He was a hero and a general. All men were important. I think Jefferson lacked some integrity.

No, actually it makes sense. Hamilton was all in favor of a strong central government, a strong president, government control over monetary policy, and dismissive of states' rights. These are all pretty much big-government, Democrat-type things.

@@petermalowski4886 I know his argument on a strong Federal Government. The Federalist Party wouldn't want anything to do with Democrats of today. But, he is only revered by the Democrats now because the guy was turned into a Hip-Hop character and the people who he associated with are now people of color.

Except for one thing. Hamilton NEVER proposed a welfare state.

@@jabujolly9020 He might have if he had lived during the Great Depression!

@@catofthecastle1681 Had Hamilton lived during that period there probably never would have been a Great Depression in the first place. Remember how he stopped two financial collapses in the early 1790s. Don't get me wrong. I'm basically a Jeffersonian, but I also believe that sometimes Hamiltonianism is needed in times of need. The 1790s, when the country was flat broke and swimming in debt was one such time.

Hes only one of the reasons why America exists but whatever

Keep putting his life into 21st century thinking!

Oh you picked this opinion to appear unique didn’t you? 💀

Wrong. Adams was a farmer's son who hauled manure in his youth, and lived relatively humbly all his life. There was nothing "elite" about Adams. He was a man of honor and loved his country and God. He was a "one term" president because his vice president, the scheming Jefferson (a chronic elite spendthrift who used his slave as a concubine) did him dirty, working behind his back (while serving as his vice president) to publish lies and propaganda about Adams. In comparison, Adams was always loyal to Washington when he served as his VP