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 * John Adams let the congress deal with the domestic issues and he dealt mainly with the foreign affairs. During the[| X,Y,Z affair], congress established high stamp and house taxes. John Adams had sacrificed his family life for his Presidential life. He barely got to see his wife and their children. In his cabinet, his secretaries of state were Timothy Pickering and John Marshall. The secretaries of the treasury were Oliver Wolcott, Jr and Samuel Dexter. His secretaries of war were James McHenry and Samuel Dexter. The attorney General was Charles Lee and the Secretary of the Navy was Benjamin Stoddert. Lastly, his Vice President was Thomas Jefferson. His cabinet had made bad decisions, they were not as good of decision makers as Washington’s cabinet was. As you can tell, Adams’s decisions show that he wasn't very good at picking people to support him in his Presidency but, overall he was a good President. Adams helped sign into law the Alien and Sedition Acts which give the president the power to deport any “aliens” that were dangerous and it also raised the amount of time you have to stay in the country to become an American citizen from 7 years to 14 years. The sedition act said that it was a crime to say anything untrue about the government which was controversial because some people think that it goes against the first amendment. **
 * By: MG and CH **

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