Believing that the president should remain above partisan politics he was incapable of manipulating support for his policies or of putting together a congressional majority in support of his initiatives. Above all, John Adams had not accepted the presidency to serve special interest. His role, as he saw it, was not to be guided by the people so much as it was to educate and guide them" (Urofsky, 2000). This aspect was crucial for the presidency of Adams because it left him with less support among the population and in the Congress, reason for which his initiatives were not considered either priority or a rule.
One of the most important achievements of the Adams administration was the creation of the United States Navy in cooperation with the French state. At the same time though, during Adam's presidency, the United States had almost gone to war with Europe. The critical moment was 1799. However, the United States kept is neutrality "in hopes of preserving and maintaining a kind of pristine U.S. independence of both Britain and France." (Urofsky, 2000). However, he limited its intervention in the French British war particularly because of the desire to maintain a distance from the two European powers. Even so, there were impressive expenses made to ensure a certain level of self-defense armament, money that would later be recovered though increase of local and house takes. This however, is said to have cost him and his party, the Federalist Party, his mandate (Jenkins, 1997).
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