Major Events of Presidency:
- XYZ affair precedes Quasi War between U.S. and France
- Alien and Sedition Acts passed, which stifled many attempts to protest or oppose federal government
- Virginia/Kentucky Resolutions passed, the first of its kind to claim states had the right to nullify acts of Congress if they were deemed unconstitutional (leads to bitter partisan divisions throughout the Nation)
- Midnight appointees made by "lame-duck congress" in an effort to keep federalists in control of federal government