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What divided the Federalists and hurt John Adams's chance for reelection?
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a. states' rights
b. treaty with France
c. Neutrality Act
d. war with France
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
My gut level answer is that it had something to do with a disagreement over how the new nation should deal with Britain and France who were in the final stages of the 100 years war. Not exactly what triggered the split though without looking it up.
It isn't the Neutrality act or the 3/5's compromise so it has to be the foriegn relations. The US had France as an ally in the Revolutionary War and relations with Britain hadn't been fully restored. The British & French were involved in a long standing war an in North America, they were fighting over what is now Canada.
The Jeffersonian Democrat-Republicans were sympathetic to the French and were willing to repay the favor the French did by supporting the Colonies vs Britain. The Federalists wanted no such thing.
My anwswer to your question is ( B ). There was never a question of war with France after 1790..
Source(s): I think I guessed right. The dissolution of the Federalists involved several things but the 'triggering event' is described in this Wikipedia excerpt: <<<Early in 1799, Adams decided to free himself from Hamilton's overbearing influence, stunning the country and throwing his party into disarray by announcing a new peace mission to France. The mission eventually succeeded, the "Quasi-War" ended, and the new army was largely disbanded. Hamiltonians called Adams a failure, and in turn Adams fired Hamilton's supporters still in the cabinet. The Federalist dissolved and later evolved into the Whigs