Inauguration day, March 4, 1801
The origins of national politics in the early republic
The failure of national unity
The Republicans' response : the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions
The Federalist counterattack : the election of 1798
Early cracks in the Federalist hegemony, 1799-1800
Adams versus Hamilton : the split becomes unbridgeable
Tie vote : the electoral college in 1800
The crisis builds
Crisis resolved
The revolution of 1800.