Domestic Problems Continued

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Domestic Problems Continued

• Battle of Fallen Timbers Indians were still a
  problem, sent Anthony Wayne to engage the Indians
  which resulted in the Battle of Fallen Timbers 20
  Aug. 1794. This battle resulted in the treaty of
  Greenville which ceded to the US, most of
  southern Ohio and southeastern Indiana.

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Gen.Anthony Wayne
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French Revolution1789-1815

• The French revolution affected the following
  presidents of the United States.
• Washington 1789-1796
• Adams 1796-1800
• Jefferson 1800-1808
• Madison 1808-1816

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Foreign Affairs of theWashington Administration

• 22 Apr. 1793 Washington issues a Neutrality
  Proclamation concerning the War in France.
  Declaring that the U. S. was at peace with both
  England and France and urging citizens to abstain
  from acts of hostility against any of the
  belligerent powers.

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Foreign Problems of theWashington Administration

• 8 Apr 1793 Genet Affair, Edmund Genet minister of
  the French Republic landed in Charleston S.C.
• The South is Pro-French
• The North is Pro-British
• Genet upon arrival commissions privateers against
  the British and an army against the spanish in
  Florida.

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Genet Continued

• 5 Jun. 1793 Genet asked to refrain from issuing
  commissions, promised to comply but soon
  continued to do the same.
• 2 Aug. 1794 Washington demanded Genet recall by
  France.
• Washington allowed Genet to remain in the U. S. .

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Foreign Problems Continued

• Another problem with the British was the
  Northwest Territory. He sent John Jay to secure
  treaty with the British. He had to
• secure Northwest Forts
• secure a commercial Treaty
• settle the issue of Impressment.

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Foreign Problems Continued

• Concessions made to British to gain treaty .
• Am. Neutrality in French Revolution
• Accepted principle that naval stores were
  contraband
• Rule of 1756
• trade with enemy colonies prohibited in peacetime
  closed during wartime also.

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Foreign Problems

• Gave British Most favored Nation status.
• French Privateers would not be outfitted in U.S.
  Ports.
• American debts would be paid by government.

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John Jays Treaty

• 19 Nov. 1794 Jays Treaty with England
• British would evacuate the Northwest forts by 1
  Jun. 1796.
• The Settling of boundaries and the compensation
  of captured cargoes would be settled later by
  joint commission.

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Treaty Continued

• England would drop their contention that food was
  contraband.
• America was allowed to trade in the British West
  Indies with some limitations
• there would be no trading of molasses, sugar,
  cotton, or coffee.
• Vessels over 70 tons could not be used.

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John Jay
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Advantages of Jays Treaty

• Jays treaty with England a major turning point
  in American history.
• Gave U.S. time to grow, gain strength.
• Gave appearance of an alliance between us and the
  British.

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Results of Jays Treaty

• Treaty between United States and Spain
  Pinckneys Treaty or Treaty of San Lorenzo.
• Ceded to the U.S. the Yazoo land strip
• the 31st parallel as boundary.
• Gave us the right to navigate the Mississippi
  River and the right of deposit at New Orleans for
  3 years.

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George Washington
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George WashingtonsAdvice to U.S.

• Stay out of foreign affairs-permanent
  entanglements We followed that advise , 1800
  treaty of Morfontain cancelled our treaties with
  France.
• 1823 Monroe Doctrine
• 1889 Tripartite Protectorate
• Do not form political Parties.
• We did not follow that advice.

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Election of 1796

• Federalists party President John Adams,
  Vice-president Thomas Pinckeny.
• Jeffersonian Democratic President Thomas
  Jefferson and Vice-president Aaron Burr.
• Results of election John Adams 71 elector votes,
  Jefferson 68.

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Adams Administration

• President Adams names Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
  to be ambassador to France, replacing James
  Monroe.
• Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord French
  foreign minister, rejects Pinckney as ambassador,
  due to treaty with England and recall of James
  Monroe.

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Talleyrand Continues

• Pinckney returns to U.S. Adams appoints a
  commission to meet with Talleyrand to settle
  differences.
• John Marshall, Elbridge Gerry, and Charles
  Cotesworth Pinckney.
• Talleyrand appoints commission to meet with our
  commission Hottinguer, Hauteval, and Bellamy.
• French commission asked for 250,000.
  Consideration to meet with Tallleyrand.

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Talleyrand Continued

• American commission refused to pay bribe. Wrote
  report to President Adams naming the three
  French commissioners, Adams wrote report to
  congress replaced names with letters XYZ. Thus
  the XYZ affair.
• Led to two (2) year undeclared war with France.

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Alien and Sedition Acts

• 18 June 1798 Naturalization Act
• 25 June 1798 Alien Act
• 6 July 1798 Alien Enemies Act
• 14 July 1798 Sedition Act

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Naturalization Act

• Changed the period of residence from 5 to 14
  years for admission to full citizenship. It was
  repealed in 1802 when the naturalization law of
  1795 was enacted.

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Alien Act

• Authorized the President to order out of the U.S.
  all aliens regarded as dangerous to the public
  peace and safety, or suspected of treasonable or
  secret inclinations. It expired in 1800.

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Alien Enemies Act

• Authorized the President, in times of declared
  war, to arrest, imprison, or banish aliens
  subject to an enemy power.

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Sedition Act

• The sedition act made it a high crime or
  misdemeanor, punishable by fine and imprisonment
  for citizens to enter into unlawful combinations,
  opposing execution of the national laws, or
  publishing any false, scandalous and malicious
  writings bringing into disrepute the U.S.
  government, congress or the President. Expired 3
  mar. 1801.

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Reaction to Alien Acts

• The Jeffersonians democrats reacted by writing
  the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions Jefferson
  wrote the Kentucky resolution and Madison the
  Virginia resolution.
• Two points were made by the resolutions
• the compact theory of the constitution.
• The Theory of Nullification.

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Election of 1800

• Federalists party John Adams for president,
  Thomas Pinckney of Vice-president.
• Democratic-Republicans Thomas Jefferson for
  president, Aaron Burr for Vice-president.
• Results Jefferson 73 Burr 73

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Thomas Jefferson
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Aaron Burr
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Jefferson-Burr Conflict

• When Jefferson and Burr tied for the presidency
  election was thrown into the Federalists
  controlled house. Hamilton regarded Jefferson as
  the lesser of two evils and used his influence to
  throw the election to Jefferson. On the 36th
  ballot Jefferson was elected President of the
  United States.

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Jefferson-Burr Continued

• This election led to the passage of the 12th
  amendment to the United States constitution,
  which provided for separated balloting for the
  President and Vice-president.

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