John Adams Jr., Year 2 Pt. 1

In this episode, we start our agonizingly long discussion about John Adams' second year as President of the United States: March 4, 1798 to March 3rd, 1799. We barely make it through his economic and diplomatic scores, but this conversation is going to be a doozy. This year might take us 3 or 4 episodes to get through. The song used is "Americana" by Mr. Smith. You can find this song at the Free Music Archive. the opinions of this podcast do not reflect the opinions of Spotify, Anchor or any advertisers, sponsors, creators of musical works, or guests appearing within the podcast. Resources used for this episode include: *Some Articles about the Rebellion started by the direct tax (and, therefore, containing details about the tax itself): http://www.macungie.org/the-fries-rebellion-of-1798-99.html https://www.britannica.com/event/Friess-Rebellion *The History.state.gov article on the XYZ Affair: https://history.state.gov/milestones/1784-1800/xyz Content Warnings: this podcast does contain discussions involving historical events in which the United States of America has been involved. As such, there may be frank discussions of slavery, Native American genocide, and other upsetting events in this episode.