#adams

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The Washington-Adams transition made perfect sense, Adams was the VP and Washington wanted him to win. But the Election of 1800 was incredibly acrimonious, and was only settled after thirty-six ballots in the House (and the intervention of Hamilton). Adams and Jefferson hated each other, believed the other offered a fundamentally broken path for America, and had spent the last six years feuding quite viciously. In another revolution, this was the transition where the president said "no, I don't trust my successor" and held onto power.

But Adams believed so strongly in American democracy (it was certainly partly his baby) that he stepped back and peacefully transferred power to Jefferson.

In the second reprise, George III goes "John Adams? They're going to eat him alive." He wasn't entirely wrong, but it absolutely did not spell doom for America as he hoped.