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John Quincy Adams (Great American Presidents) by Martha S. Hewson

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First, it helped ensure that Adams would not be reelected. Second, it fueled the nullification movement in the South. In response to the tariff, Vice President John C. Calhoun, who was from South Carolina, wrote an essay saying that a state had a right to nullify or void any federal law that violated its rights. If three-fourths of the states then approved the law and it became part of the Constitution, the affected state had two choices. It could accept the law or secede from the Union.

47 PM Page 38 JOHN QUINCY ADAMS looking for deserters that they could bring back into the navy. In reality, Britain needed men for its navy, and this was a way to get them. By 1815, the British had seized or impressed nearly 10,000 seamen, most of them American citizens. Merchants in New England depended heavily on trade with Britain, so the Federalists tried to ignore the impressment issue. Adams, however, was outraged when the Federalists would not protest against the Chesapeake incident. He went to a rally held by the DemocraticRepublicans and was put on a committee to draft resolutions against Britain.

A NEW PRESIDENT AND A NEW MINISTER TO PRUSSIA As of March 1797, the United States had a new president: John Adams. S. minister to Prussia, part of modern Germany. Just days before he married Louisa in London, John Quincy received a letter telling him the news. He was upset. Once again, it looked as if he had gotten an appointment because of his father. Shortly after the Adamses arrived in Berlin, Louisa had a miscarriage. Over the next two years, she would lose three more babies. On April 12, 1801, Louisa finally gave birth to a son, George Washington Adams.

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