Tag Archives: Thomas Paine

2.25 – Adams Post-Presidency

July 4, 201902 - John AdamsAbigail Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Stoddert, Charles Francis Adams, Democratic-Republican Party, Federalists, James Madison, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Louisa Catherine Adams, Mary Cranch, Richard Cranch, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, William Smithpresidencies

Year(s) Discussed: 1801-1826

After leaving the presidency, John Adams searched for a path ahead. In the process, he dealt with emotions that had been building for years, rebuilt some bridges that had been burned in political battles, suffered numerous personal heartaches, and bore witness to a quarter century more of the nation’s history. Sources used for this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

Featured Image: “Portrait of John Adams” by Samuel Morse [c. 1816], courtesy of Wikipedia

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1.34 – The Final(ish) Curtain Call

June 10, 201801 - George WashingtonAaron Burr, Abigail Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, Anthony Wayne, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, France, George Washington, Henry Knox, James Madison, James McHenry, James Monroe, James Wilkinson, John Adams, John Marshall, Jonathan Trumbull Jr, Martha Washington, Oliver Wolcott Jr, Patrick Henry, Pierre Auguste Adet, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Mifflin, Thomas Paine, Thomas Pinckney, Timothy Pickering, Tobias Lear, William Branch Gilespresidencies

Year(s) Discussed: 1794-1797

After President Washington releases his Farewell Address, informing the nation that he would not seek another term, the 1796 election is carried out though, both domestically and abroad, there is much confusion about how exactly the United States would decide upon its next president. Meanwhile, the French plot to interfere with the election, the public attacks on Washington continue, and a military leader meets his untimely end. Source information for this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

Featured Image: “”Evacuation day” and Washington’s triumphal entry in New York City, Nov. 25th, 1783,” Edmund Restein and Ludwig Restein, c. 1879, courtesy of the Library of Congress

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1.09 – Agitations

May 28, 201701 - George WashingtonAaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton, Chancellor Robert Livingston, Elias Boudinot, Fisher Ames, Gazette of the United States, George Cabot, George Washington, Henry Lee, James Madison, James Monroe, John Adams, John Fenno, John Quincy Adams, John Taylor of Caroline, Maria Reynolds, National Gazette, Native Americans, Oliver Ellsworth, Philip Freneau, Philip Schuyler, Reynolds Affair, Rufus King, Samuel Johnston, State Department, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Treasury Department, War Department, William Loughton Smithpresidencies

Year(s) Discussed: 1789-1791

Increasingly during the Washington administration, tensions were beginning to build between pro-administration and anti-administration factions which would ultimately culminate in the development of the First Party System. This episode looks at some of the structural and cultural reasons for these divisions as well as some of the early leaders of the two factions including, of course Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton and Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson. Source information for this episode can be found at http://presidencies.blubrry.com.

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Presidencies of the United States

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Tag Archives: Thomas Paine

2.25 – Adams Post-Presidency

1.34 – The Final(ish) Curtain Call

1.09 – Agitations