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 * Many people during John Adams’ presidency would have said he was a[| coward for not fighting] in the French Revolution. And on top of that, Napoleon Bonaparte sig ****  ned the Treaty of Mortefontaine days after Adams lost the [|election of 1800]. However, many people today agree that he was a very successful president. He decided not to get involved in the war, but established the Navy and Army for self-defense. He didn’t want the French or British to think that America was siding with them, so he took many attempts at peace negotiations. Adams thought of the fact that getting involved in the war would cause debt and disrupt relations with France and Britain, so he kept trying to develop a treaty, which eventually took place when Napoleon Bonaparte took power in France. This was all possible because Adams thought ahead, thinking about debts and alliances and trade. He lost the election of 1800, however, because peace was established days later. People did not reelect him because he failed to fight the French, and couldn’t even end the war peacefully.  **




 * ** Jared Spry ** **