CHAPTER 6 SECTION 2 The Struggle Over Foreign
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CHAPTER 6 SECTION 2 The Struggle Over Foreign Policy
Conflict in the Ohio Valley � Battle of Fallen Timbers 1794 - General Wayne defeat the Native American confederacy. - Native Americans forced to accept peace terms and cede present state of Ohio to the United States (Treaty of Greenville) - Expanding the Northwest Territory
American Relations With Europe � French Revolution 1789 - republican uprising in France - opponents executed - declared war on European monarchies (Great Britain) � America Divides - Federalists – revolutionaries were anarchists destroying religion and social order - Democratic Republicans – preferred French Republic to monarchies/ regretted executions
American Relations With Europe � Signing Treaties with Britain and Spain -Jay Treaty of 1794 (Britain) -British gave up their forts in the U. S. - U. S. repaid prewar debts to the British -Pinckney’s Treaty 1795 (Spain) -guarantee Americans free shipping rights on the Mississippi River and access to New Orleans. -established northern boundary of Spanish Florida
Washington’s Farewell page 201 � Why didn’t George Washington run again in the election of 1796? � List Washington’s achievements while in office.
The Parties Debate Foreign Policy page 202 � 1796 Election President: John Adams Vice President: Thomas Jefferson � Explain the X, Y, Z Affair AND the Alien and Sedition Acts. � Election of 1800 President: Thomas Jefferson Vice President: Aaron Burr
