. What political liabilities existed for Adams and for Jefferson in 1800?
For Adam and the federalists, their Alien and Sedition Acts brought them down a lot because it caused them to have a host of enemies; also, the federalists all got ready for war by increasing public debt, a stamp tax, etc. but they didn't go to war so it was all for nothing. Also, the federalist party split and Hamilton wrote a pamphlet that attacked the president, which the Jeffersonians found and printed; also, he was the "Father of the American Navy" and his seamen were called "John Adams' . For Jefferson, he was the victim of the first whispering campaign and accused of robbing a widow and her kids a trust fund and he fathered many mulatto children with his slave Sally Hemings. Also, his want for the separation of church and state caused many to go against him.
The Jeffersonian "Revolution of 1800"
