Major Events
- March 4, 1797 – John Adams and Thomas Jefferson became President and Vice President of the United States
- July 8, 1797 - The Senate expelled Tennessee Senator William Blount for conspiring with the British
- July 11, 1798 - The United States Marine Corps was established
- XYZ Affair in the U.S., followed by naval skirmishes but no war is declared
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