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INSTRUCTIONS. Take a copy of RT 8-1 on the bookshelf in the back Take a copy of the 6-2 Notes Make sure your name is on the worksheet and place your finished work in the basket on the back bookshelf You have 10 minutes to do this. U.S. HISTORY CHAPTER 6-2 FOREIGN AFFAIRS TROUBLE THE NATION. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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INSTRUCTIONS Take a copy of RT 8-1 on the bookshelf
in the back
Take a copy of the 6-2 Notes
Make sure your name is on the worksheet and place your finished work in the basket on the back bookshelf
You have 10 minutes to do this
U.S. HISTORY
CHAPTER 6-2
FOREIGN AFFAIRS TROUBLE THE NATION
U.S. RESPONSE TO EVENTS IN EUROPE
In 1789, the French Revolution began
Most Americans supported the Revolution as it was seen as a struggle against tyranny
U.S. RESPONSE TO EVENTS IN EUROPE
In 1793, a radical group called the Jacobins seized power in France
They launched the Reign of Terror, beheading thousands of “enemies of the state”
They then declared war on other monarchies, including Great Britain
U.S. RESPONSE TO EVENTS IN EUROPE
The war between France and Britain split the American people
Democratic-Republicans wanted to support France
Federalists wanted to support Great Britain
U.S. RESPONSE TO EVENTS IN EUROPE
Washington took a middle position and issued a Proclamation of Neutrality
This meant the United States would support neither side
Washington felt that entering a war was not in the national interest
TREATY WITH SPAIN The United States had several
unresolved issues with Spain
1) Both the U.S. and Spain claimed land southwest of the Appalachian mountains
2) The U.S. also wanted to gain shipping rights on the Mississippi River
The U.S. and Spain signed the Pinckney Treaty in 1795
In the treaty :1)Spain gave up all claims to
land east of the Mississippi, except Florida
2)Recognized the 31st Parallel as the U.S.-Florida border
3)Opened up the Mississippi River to the U.S. for travel
4)Allowed American traders use of the port of New Orleans
In the Treaty of Paris of 1783, which ended the Revolutionary War, Great Britain gave the U.S. its land rights west of the Appalachians
Settlers poured into the West after the Revolution
This lead to Tennessee and Kentucky becoming states in the 1790s
The British, however, continued to maintain forts in the Northwest Territory, in violation of the Paris Treaty
NATIVE AMERICANS RESIST WHITE SETTLERS
Pioneers also conflicted with Native Americans in the Northwest Territory
To gain control of the area, the federal government sent troops to try to control the area
They were defeated twice by a chieftain of the Miami Confederacy, Little Turtle
NATIVE AMERICANS RESIST WHITE SETTLERS
Washington sent Revolutionary war hero Anthony Wayne to handle the situation
Little Turtle urged his people to seek peace, but they replaced him
Wayne defeated the Shawnee, Ottawa, and Chippewa at the Battle of Fallen Timbers
A year later the Miami Confederacy signed the Treaty of Greenville
It required the Confederacy to surrender most of present day Ohio
JAY’S TREATY When news of the Battle of Fallen
Timbers reached Great Britain, the British signed the Jay Treaty of 1794
They agreed to evacuate their posts in the Northwest Territory
Western settlers, however, were angry that the treaty allowed the British to continue their fur trade in the Northwest Territory
FAREWELL ADDRESS Washington decided not to run for a
3rd term
This became a precedent that presidents followed until 1940 and FDR
In his farewell address Washington warned the nation against entanglement in the affairs of other countries
ADAMS PROVOKES CRITICISM
The election of 1796, pitted Federalist John Adams
against Democrat-Republican Thomas Jefferson
Due to the way the Constitution was set up, Adams became President and Jefferson V.P.
ADAMS PROVOKES CRITICISM
The election showed the growing danger of sectionalism
Sectionalism is placing the interest of one region over those of the nation as a whole
Almost all the southern electors voted for Jefferson while the northern electors voted for Adams
ADAMS TRIES TO AVOID WAR
Relations with France turned hostile after the signing of the Jay Treaty
France viewed it as a violation of the French-American alliance
President Adams sent envoys to negotiate a treaty with France
When the American envoys arrived the French demanded a $250,000 bribe to speak to the French foreign minister
ADAMS TRIES TO AVOID WAR
This angered Americans against the French
It became known as the XYZ Affair
In 1798, Congress created a navy department and authorized American ships to seize French vessels
For the next two years there existed an undeclared naval war with France
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THE ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS
Many Federalist believed that French agents were plotting to overthrow the U.S. government
New immigrants, especially the Irish, were vocal critics of the Adam’s pro-British policies
In 1798, Congress passed four measures which came to be know as the Alien and Sedition Acts
THE ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS
It made it a crime to speak or publish anything false or malicious against the federal government or any of its officers
Many Democrat-Republican editors, publishers and politicians were put in prison under the Acts
The Acts was seen as a violation of free of speech
VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY RESOLUTIONS
In protest of the Alien and Sedition Acts, the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions were adopted
The Kentucky Resolution was drafted by Thomas Jefferson
It argued for nullification This theory said a state could nullify
any law they deemed unconstitutional
VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY RESOLUTIONS
The Virginia Resolution was drawn up by James Madison
It said a state could disobey any act of the federal government that exceeded the authority granted to it by the Constitution
Other states denounced these resolutions as a threat to the Union