Adam's War

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TimeLine

1800 John Adams declares war on France. With Hamilton's support he carries New York State and is reelected president.

1803 When France regains Louisiana, Hamilton invades with a (for the time) large American army, takes New Orleans, claims the Louisiana Territory for the US

1804 Hamilton the Hero of New Orleans is elected president

1808 Hamilton is reelected

1812 Hamilton's picked candidate Charles Pinckney is elected president.

1814 -1815 John Quincy Adams performs brilliantly at the Congress of Viena. The >U.S. emerges as the acknowledged "protector" of the Latin American states freed from Spain and also of Haiti freed from France.

1816 Pinckney is reelected and presides over an "Era of Good Feelings" with Adams as his Secretary of Statte

1820 John Q. Adams in elected president. A combination of hard times (the equivalent of the panic of 1819 in OTL) and Adams' acerbic personality begins to weaken the Federalists, who tend to divide on regional lines.

1824 John Q. Adams is reelected president. The reghional divisions are sharpened.

1828 Bitterly disputed election between Daniel Webster (backed by Adams), John C. Calhoun (backed by PInckney) and Henry Clay. Break-up of the dominant Federalist Party. Clay backs Webster in the House on an agreement to support the American System policy of high tariffs.