You will find some good suggestions for further study here:
http://www.helium.com/items/760495-washington-and-adams-american-originals
Just by becoming the second president after a very popular one, letting a two-party system evolve, and leaving office peaceably after losing a very chaotic election against Jefferson, he made a great contribution to stability.
How did John Adams help establish a stable government after the constitution?
Like I know he almost put us in the Quasi-War and threatened civil rights with the Alien & Sedition Acts, but how did he HELP establish a stable gov't?
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