Huh? Jefferson founded the Republicans. Adams was a Federalist, along with Washington, although Washington had a better rapport with Jefferson than he did Adams. Jefferson wanted to support the French during their revolution, but Adams accurately foretold the Regin of Terror that was going to follow. They both served as ambassadors in Paris, but Jefferson was decidedly more in favor of riding the coattails of the French Revolution to offset the British. Adams correctly determined that our future belonged with expanding trade with the British and establishing a working relationship with them, and that the French were not to be trusted.
The Reign of Terror eventually claimed the freedom of one of the heroes of the Revolution - LaFayette...
Bravo, great post!
Oops. Jefferson didn't found any political party. In fact he was rather adamantly opposed to political parties and wanted to ban them in the Constitution. Jefferson's supporters finally convinced him to join the Democratic Republicans saying he couldn't possibly be elected and defeat the Federalists without a party affiliation. Sound Familiar?
If you want to give any President credit for founding the Republicans, it would be Abraham Lincoln. By abandoning the Whig party and getting himself elected President as a member of the fledgling Republican party, Lincoln propelled the GOP into serious political status and consequently nailed shut the Whigs' coffin.
Adams was one of the commissioners sent to France during the Revolution (1778-79), and was back in Paris in 1782 as one of the team who negotiated the terms of peace with Britain. He was later the first US minister to Britain (1785-1788) when Jefferson was in France. At that point Adams and Jefferson were still on good terms.