How effective was John Adams in addressing the challenges of his presidency?

John Adams has not traditionally been viewed as one of the great presidents of the United States. Much of the lingering criticism of Adams can be traced to his re-election campaign of 1800, which he lost to Thomas Jefferson, becoming the nation's first one-term president. Although Adams has served as a diplomat in Europe and helped negotiate the “Treaty of Paris” in 1783, which officially ended American Revolutionary War.