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The Age of Reason, as it was called, was spreading rapidly across Europe. On their side of the Atlantic, Enlightened ideas of liberty and progress had a chance to flourish without the shackles of Old Europe. Religious leaders began to change their old dogmatic positions.
It gets your name out there and people to recognize your name, in the world of politics there is not bad publicity, as long as they know WHO you are, that means that person has your attention.
A. Being assigned to noncombat roles
Adams's presidency was consumed with problems that arose from the French Revolution, which had also been true for his predecessor. Initially popular with virtually all Americans, the French Revolution began to arouse concerns among the most conservative in the United States after the excesses that commenced in 1792.