John Adams’s political views

• Federal vs UnitaryUnitary 75%
  FederalUnitary

  Signed the Direct Tax of 1798 to pay for the military buildup, and the Judiciary Act of 1801, passed by the lame-duck Congress, which created new federal appeals courts.

• Democratic vs AutocraticAutocratic 50%
  DemocraticAutocratic

  His administration used the Sedition Act against newspaper printers who backed Jefferson, yet he left the White House before dawn on 4 March 1801 and handed power to his rival in the first transfer between parties.

• Security vs FreedomSecurity 88%
  SecurityFreedom

  Signed the Alien Friends Act on 25 June 1798 and the Sedition Act on 14 July 1798, which made it a crime to print “false, scandalous and malicious writing” against the government.

• Nationalism vs InternationalismNationalism 67%
  NationalismInternationalism

  Kept the United States out of alliance with either side in Europe’s wars, and the Convention of 1800, signed on 30 September 1800, was meant to end the 1778 treaties of alliance and commerce with France.

• Militarist vs PacifistPacifist 52%
  MilitaristPacifist

  Expanded the army and navy for the Quasi-War with France, then announced a peace mission in February 1799 over the objections of Hamilton and other Federalists; the Convention of 1800 ended the war.

• Assimilationist vs MulticulturalistAssimilationist 80%
  AssimilationistMulticulturalist

  Signed the Naturalization Act of 18 June 1798, which raised the residency required for citizenship from five years to fourteen.

• Irreligious vs ReligiousReligious 70%
  IrreligiousReligious

  Proclaimed on 23 March 1798 a national day of “solemn humiliation, fasting and prayer” for 9 May, as the crisis with France deepened.

No documented position, so not scored: Collectivize vs Privatize, Planned vs Laissez-faire, Isolationism vs Globalism, Progressive vs Traditional, and Acceleration vs Bioconservative.