Year(s) Discussed: 1798-1799
Adams throws the American political landscape into a frenzy with a special message to Congress announcing that he was appointing a new Minister to France to negotiate peace. While exploring what this all means for Adams, his administration, and the nation, we also take a step back in this episode to look at the influence of American policy in Saint-Domingue and South America on the realities and future of Franco-American relations in 1799.
Special thanks to Noah Tetzner of the Stories of the Second World War and The History of Vikings podcasts for providing this episode’s intro quote!
Featured Image: “Atlantic or Western Ocean” by John Thomson [c. 1814], courtesy of Wikipedia