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Today in class we had a very long discussion about the presidential debate and about the economy programs of Obama and McCain.

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We started the notes with talking about George Washington's advise he wanted to give when he ended his second term of presidency, which was called Washington's Farewell Address. In his farewell address, Washington gave three advises which were to not get in entangling alliances, he warns about political divisions, and that the president should only have two terms. After George Washington's presidency ended, in 1796, Jefferson and Adams ran for president. Adams was a federalist and Jefferson was democratic republic. Adams was from New England and Jefferson was from Virgina. Adams became president and Jefferson became vice-president. During Adam's presidency, he was faced with war when the British was against France. Adams took the same approach as Washington by trying not to get involved. France made this to be very hard because the northern states traded a lot with the British. France declared that any American ships would get seized and they also said that any American sailors in the the British navy would be hanged. To solve this problem Adams sent three representatives to France to make a deal with France. French wanted a loan and an apology from president Adams. That is where the phrase "Millions for defense, but not one tribute" comes from. Adams then goes to congress to set up an army. Meanwhile, France begins to seize American ships in the Caribbean causing an undeclared war at sea. While then, federalists pass laws called Alien Sedition which stated that immigrants had to wait fourteen years instead of five to be naturalized, the president gets power to jail and deport, and that people could not speak against the government. Jefferson and Madison develop the Kentucky and Virginia resolve in which they said that congress did not have power to pass these laws and also that states could nullify.