Tag Archives: Caribbean

2.13 – Destiny Written in the Stars

January 13, 201902 - John AdamsAbigail Adams, Caribbean, Elbridge Gerry, France, Fries's Rebellion, George Washington, Great Britain, James Madison, Jay Treaty, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Napoleon Bonaparte, Robert Liston, Rufus King, Thomas Jefferson, Timothy Pickering, US Navypresidencies

Year(s) Discussed: 1797-1799

Despite the wealth of evidence coming in of the sincerity of the French Directory in seeking peace, President Adams found himself at odds with his Secretary of State Timothy Pickering at the beginning of 1799 with Pickering continuing the push for war. Meanwhile, the US Navy proved its worth in protecting American shipping in the Caribbean just as relations with the British began a downward spiral once more. Sources used for this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

Featured Image: “USS Constellation vs L’Insurgente,” Rear Admiral John William Schmidt [c. 1981], courtesy of Wikipedia

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2.09 – All Around and Away They Go

November 18, 201802 - John AdamsAlbert Gallatin, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin Bache, Benjamin Stoddert, Caribbean, Democratic-Republican Party, Elbridge Gerry, Federalists, France, Francisco de Miranda, George Washington, Great Britain, Haitian Revolution, James McHenry, James Wilkinson, John Adams, Rufus King, Spain, Timothy Pickering, Toussaint L'Ouverturepresidencies

Year(s) Discussed: 1797-1799

As the events of the Haitian Revolution start to involve the US and the Army works to secure control of the Mississippi Territory from the Spanish, Adams and the Federalists work to determine a response to the XYZ Affair. However, as their power begins to consolidate, some in the party plot ways to use the situation to their advantage. Oh, and Adams goes to see a play! Sources used for this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

Featured Image: “Toussaint Louverture and General Thomas Maitland,” unknown artist [c. 1790s?], courtesy of Wikipedia

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1.25 – The Happy Course

February 4, 201801 - George WashingtonAlexander Hamilton, Caribbean, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Democratic-Republican Party, Dolley Madison, Eliza Hamilton, France, French Revolution, George Washington, Georgia, Great Britain, Haitian Revolution, Henry Knox, James Madison, James Monroe, John Jay, Native Americans, Oliver Wolcott Jr, Poland, Russia, Spain, Thomas Pinckney, Timothy Pickering, Toussaint L'Ouverture, US Supreme Courtpresidencies

Year(s) Discussed: 1772-1795

As Alexander Hamilton readies himself to depart from the administration at the beginning of 1795, I use this defining point of the Washington presidency to explore various points of domestic policy and foreign issues including the establishment of the Trans-Oconee Republic, the state of the Democratic-Republican faction, the first steps of the Thermadorian government in France, the Kościuszko Uprising in Poland, the influx of refugees from Saint-Domingue and the progress of the Haitian Revolution, and British intrigues in the Caribbean. Many issues face Washington and his new Cabinet secretaries as they enter the final two years of his second term. Source information for this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

Featured Image: “Portrait of Tadeusz Kościuszko” by Karl Gottlieb Schweikart, courtesy of Wikipedia

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Tag Archives: Caribbean

2.13 – Destiny Written in the Stars

2.09 – All Around and Away They Go

1.25 – The Happy Course