Question

How effective was John Adams in addressing the challenges of his presidency?

Answer 1

John Adams has not traditionally been viewed as one of the great presidents of the United States. Much of the lingering criticism of Adams can be traced to his re-election campaign of 1800, which he lost to Thomas Jefferson, becoming the nation's first one-term president. Although Adams has served as a diplomat in Europe and helped negotiate the “Treaty of Paris” in 1783, which officially ended American Revolutionary War.

Answer 2

The biggest problem that John Adams faced during his presidency was the state of undeclared war that existed between the United States and France. Ever since the conclusion of the Jay Treaty between America and Great Britain in 1795, France had been hostile towards its former ally.

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