President Adams warns Congress that the US needs to Respond to France's diplomatic break with the US. Congress fails to unite around a single response. Adams sends a three man commission to France. Congress gets distracted having to expel Senator Blount for conspiring with Britain. During these arguments, Congressman Roger Griswold uses a cane to attack Congressman Matthew Lyon on the House floor. This episode's, blog entry at blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as more resources related to this week's episode. Book Recommendation of the Week: Matthew Lyon: “New Man” of the Democratic Revolution, 1749–1822, by Aleine Austin. Online Recommendation of the Week: History of the Admininstration of John Adams: https://archive.org/details/historyofadminis00wood Join the American Revolution mailing list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy ARP T-shirts and other merch: https://merch.amrevpodcast.com Ask your American Revolution Podcast questions on Quora: https://amrevpod.quora.com Join the Facebook group, American Revolution Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271 Follow the podcast on X @AmRevPodcast Support this podcast on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/AmRevPodcast or via PayPal http://paypal.me/AmRevPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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