making a national bank and by moving debt from the states to the national bank. In 1793 a war between France and Britain started. George Washington realized that any involvement would only loosed the US money. When a rebellion in western pennsylvania broke out, George Washington showed the power of the national government by crushing the rebellion. John Adams was a highly educated lawyer that was elected president in 1796. During his presidency France was stopping american ships from entering England. In John Adams address to congress on the XYZ affair, the president took a defective and neutral stands. The XYZ affair ended with the US paying France. John Adams also created the naturalization act which made it more difficult to become a
