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Section 2-Polling Question
Do you think it is right for the U.S. government
to use force to keep order? A. Yes,
always B. Yes, under certain circumstances C. No
, never

1. A
2. B
3. C

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Chapter 8 The Federalist Era 1789-1800

• Section 2 Early Challenges

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Essential Question

• What challenges did the United States face during
  Washingtons administration?
• Whiskey Rebellion
• Securing the Trans-Appalachian West
• French Revolution

What challenges did the United States face during
Washingtons administration?
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The Whiskey Rebellion

• Part of Hamiltons financial plan was a tax on
  whiskey
• 1794
• Tax on whiskey angered frontier farmers
• Farmers also had trouble taking their crops to
  market because of bad roads
• They decided to make their grain into whiskey

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More of the Whiskey Rebellion

• Whiskey would be easier to carry
• They often used whiskey like money to buy salt,
  sugar, nails, and ammunition
• Did not have money to pay taxes
• The whiskey tax seemed as unfair as British taxes
  had been
• Some feared more taxes would follow

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Results of the Whiskey Rebellion

• Farmers in western Pennsylvania refused to pay
  the tax
• Farmers took up arms and chased away the tax
  collectors
• Hamilton convinced Washington that troops should
  be sent to put down the rebellion
• 13,000 soldiers went into western Pennsylvania
• The rebels fled before a fight
• Showed that the National Government had the power
  and will to enforce laws

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Struggle Over the West

• Washington worried about European ambitions for
  the Northwest Territory
• Washington signed treaties with the Indians
• He hoped that this would lessen the influence of
  the British and Spanish on them
• American settlers ignored the treaties and moved
  onto Indian land
• Fighting soon broke out

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Washington Sends an Army

• Washington sends in General Arthur St. Clair
• He was to restore order in the Northwest
  Territory
• November 1791, St. Clairs forces were defeated
  by Little Turtle, chief of the Miami people
• More than 600 American soldiers died in the
  battle by the Wabash River

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Alliance With France?

• Many believed an alliance with France would help
  them defeat the British, Spanish, and Indians in
  the West
• The possibility of French involvement prompted
  Britain to take action in the West
• The British urged Indians to destroy American
  settlements west of the Appalachians
• The British began building a new fort in Ohio

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More Fighting

• The Native Americans demanded that all settlers
  north of the Ohio River leave the territory
• Washington sent another army under Anthony Wayne
• 2,000 Indian troops planned to ambush Waynes
  smaller force
• Waynes troops moved closer to Fort Miami

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The Battle of Fallen Timbers

• Wayne knew that it was an Indian custom not to
  eat before battle
• The warriors waited three days for Waynes force
• Grew weaker and hungrier
• Wayne soundly defeated the Indians at the Battle
  of Fallen Timbers

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After the Battle of Fallen Timbers

• Indians fled to Fort Miami
• British closed the gate on them
• British would not help them
• Battle of Fallen Timbers crushed the Indians
  hope of keeping their land
• Indians signed the Treaty of Greenville- agreeing
  to surrender their homelands in what is now Ohio

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Problems with Europe

• Many Americans cheered the French Revolution, but
  it soon grew bloody
• France and Britain went to war and Washington
  hoped to maintain neutrality
• The French sent diplomat Edmund Genet to recruit
  American volunteers
• Washington then issued a Proclamation of
  Neutrality
• French and British warships were also barred from
  American ports

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The British Fight Back

• British warships captured American ships that
  traded with France
• The British forced American sailors to join the
  British navy (impressment)
• Washington sent John Jay to negotiate peace with
  Britain, and Jays Treaty was signed
• Britain agreed to leave American soil
• It said nothing about the impressment or British
  interference in trade

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Section 2
Jays Treaty was an agreement with what country?
A. Spain B. France C. Britain D. Russia

1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D

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Treaty With Spain

• Spain feared the US and Britain would work
  together against them in North America
• Thomas Pickney was sent to Spain to settle the
  differences
• 1795- Pickneys Treaty gave the Americans free
  navigation of the Mississippi River and the right
  to trade at New Orleans

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Washingtons Farewell

• After two terms
• In his farewell he attacked political parties
• Also attacked the involvement in foreign affairs
• Observe good faith and justice toward all
  nations
• It is our true policy to steer clear of
  permanent alliances
• These words influenced the nations foreign
  policy for more than 100 years

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Essential Question
What challenges did the United States face during
Washingtons administration?

• What challenges did the United States face during
  Washingtons administration?
• Whiskey Rebellion
• Securing the Trans-Appalachian West
• French Revolution

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Chapter 8 Section 2 Quiz
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During the Whiskey Rebellion, farmers peacefully
protested a special tax.

1. True
2. False

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Washington served three terms as president.

1. True
2. False

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Alexander Hamilton's taxes led to rebellion in

1. the Oregon country.
2. western Pennsylvania.
3. Virginia.
4. Boston.

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French and British warships were barred from
American ports by the

1. Declaration of War.
2. Treaty of Britain.
3. Treaty of Paris.
4. Proclamation of Neutrality.

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What did George Washington consider a grave
danger to the new nation?

1. settlers moving west
2. national taxes
3. growth of political parties
4. France's influence

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