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Yale University

Avalon Project: Alien and Sedition Acts

For Students 9th - 10th
This timeline provides links to the texts of the Alien and Sedition Acts, and the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions that protested them.
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Yale University

Avalon Project: The Quasi War With France, 1791 1800

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a timeline of the Quasi-War with Franc, listing government documents that relate to that "war." Clicking on the dates of the documents give access to the documents themselves.
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US National Archives

Our Documents: Treaty of Paris (1783)

For Students 9th - 10th
A wonderful interactive look at an original copy of the Treaty of Paris (1783). This treaty ended the Revolutionary War. Along with the original copy is a brief, informative paragraph. Also find links to larger images and downloadable...
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University of Oklahoma

Univ. Of Oklahoma: The Paris Peace Treaty of 1783

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of the Treaty of Paris of 1783 with Britain accepting the independence of the United States and ending The Revolutionary War.
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US Department of State

Office of the Historian: The Xyz Affair and the Quasi War With France 1798 1800

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the issues and people involved in the XYZ Affair between the United States and France. This article explains both what happened and what some of the significant after-effects were for US diplomatic relations with European...
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American Presidency Project

American Presidency Project: Election of 1796

For Students 9th - 10th
Online resource that provides data for the presidential election of 1796 won by Federalist nominee, John Adams.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: A New National Capital: Washington, d.c.

For Students 5th - 8th
John Adams was the first president to reside in the President's House in the new capital Washington, D.C. Thomas Jefferson was the first president to be inaugurated there. Read about how this swampy area became the location of the...
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270 To Win

270towin: 1800 Presidential Election

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides detailed electoral facts for the presidential election of 1800 in a bitter battle won by Thomas Jefferson who defeated incumbent president John Adams.
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270 To Win

270towin: 1796 Presidential Election

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides detailed electoral facts for the presidential election of 1796 won by John Adams in the first contested American presidential election and the only one to elect a President and Vice President from opposing tickets.
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PBS

Pbs American Experience: Remember the Ladies

For Students 9th - 10th
Abigail Adams was an outspoken, intelligent woman concerned with the state of her country and its citizens. Of particular interest to her was the status of women and their improvement within the domestic sphere.
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Other

D.c. History Project: Nation's Capital Moves to d.c.

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the entry for May 15, 1800, to find out about John and Abigail Adams' feelings about the new President's Palace in the new capital of Washington, D.C.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Ma: John Quincy Adams Birthplace

For Students 9th - 10th
President John Quincy Adams was born in this house, which is adjacent to the John Adams Birthplace; it is also part of the Adams National Historical Park.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Charles Francis Adams

For Students 9th - 10th
Son of John Quincy Adams, grandson of John Adams an American lawyer, politician, diplomat, and writer.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John Adams

For Students 9th - 10th
(1735-1826) US President 1797-1801
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John Adams

For Students 9th - 10th
(1735-1826) Second president of the United States of America 1797-1801
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John Adams

For Students 9th - 10th
(1735-1826) Second president of the United States of America 1797-1801
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Adams Academy

For Students 9th - 10th
High Gothic building, built in 1871 to a design by William Robert Ware and Henry Van Brunt, for a preparatory school funded with a bequest of John Adams.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Samuel Adams

For Students 9th - 10th
An American statesman, politician, writer, brewer, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was the second cousin of John Adams.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: General John A. Dix

For Students 9th - 10th
John Adams Dix (1798 - 1879) served as the Secretary of the Treasury, U.S. Senator, and New York Governor. He was also a Civil War General in the New York Militia.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: John Quincy Adams

For Students 9th - 10th
Review a transcript John Quincy Adams's inaugural address given on March 4, 1825. Includes a short introduction that explains how Adams came to be president.
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: John Quincy Adams

For Students 9th - 10th
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about John Quincy Adams.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John Quincy Adams

For Students 9th - 10th
John Quincy Adams, son of John Adams and sixth president of the United States.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Abigail Adams

For Students 9th - 10th
The second First Lady of the United States of America. She was married to John Adams.
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Digital History

Digital History: Sedition Act and the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Read about the foreign policy problems the United States was having at the beginning of the Adams administration. See what led up the the passage of the Sedition Act and some ramifications of it, and the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions...

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