Happy Halloween! To celebrate, we will talk about the scariest thing John Adams did during his second year as President of the United States: signing the Alien & Sedition Acts. This episode may not be scary, but it sure will be frustrating, which is certainly how it feels to have to take down all those giant spiders on the lawn. Oooh, spooky!

The song used is "Americana" by Mr. Smith. You can find this song at the Free Music Archive. the opinions of this podcast do not reflect the opinions of Spotify, Anchor or any advertisers, sponsors, creators of musical works, or guests appearing within the podcast. Resources used for this episode include:

o https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/adams-alien-and-seditions-act/ 

o https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/alien-and-sedition-acts

Content Warnings: this podcast does contain discussions involving historical events in which the United States of America has been involved. There will always be frank discussions of slavery, Native American genocide, and other upsetting events.