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Chapter 10

Chapter 10. Launching the Nation. Launching the Nation. Section 1 : Laying the Foundations of Government Section 2 : Hamilton and National Finances Section 3 : Troubles Abroad Section 4 : Challenges at Home Section 5 : John Adams’s Presidency. Section 3. Troubles Abroad. Troubles Abroad.

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Chapter 10

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  1. Chapter 10 Launching the Nation

  2. Launching the Nation • Section 1 : Laying the Foundations of Government • Section 2 : Hamilton and National Finances • Section 3 : Troubles Abroad • Section 4 : Challenges at Home • Section 5 : John Adams’s Presidency

  3. Section 3 Troubles Abroad

  4. Troubles Abroad • I. The French Revolution (p.310-11) • A. During the French Revolution, the people of France overthrew their monarchy and created a republican government. • B. American Reactions • 1. Some Americans celebrated the creation of another republican government. • 2. Others feared violence in France, especially when its monarchs were executed.

  5. Troubles Abroad • II. U.S. Neutrality (p.311-12) • A. France and Great Britain went to war soon after the French Revolution. • B. Foreign Policy Debate • 1. Cabinet and Congress disagreed as to the nation’s response to the war. • 2. In 1793 Washington issued the Neutrality Proclamation, stating that the United States would not take sides with countries at war in Europe.

  6. Troubles Abroad • III. Citizen Genet (p.312) • A. Edmond Genet, known as Citizen Genet, was France’s new representative to the United States. • B. Controversy • 1. Genet recruited privateers – private ships that a country uses to attack its enemies.

  7. Troubles Abroad • 2. Washington warned Genet that taking such actions on American soil hurt U.S. neutrality. • 3. Genet argued that he would appeal to the American people. • 4. Genet was ordered to return to France. • C. Jefferson’s Resignation • 1. Jefferson, who was pro-French, was unhappy with U.S. policy toward France.

  8. Troubles Abroad • 2. Also thought Hamilton, who was pro-British, was influencing foreign policy • 3. As a result, resigned as secretary of state in 1793. • IV. Jay’s Treaty (p.312-13) • A. Problems with Great Britain • 1. In late 1793 the British began seizing some American ships.

  9. Troubles Abroad • 2. Bristish had not abandoned forntier forts on American soil, and rumors held that British were also encouraging American Indian uprisings on the western frontier. • B. Jay’s Treaty • 1. Washington sent John Jay, chief justice of the Supreme Court, to Great Britain.

  10. Troubles Abroad • 2. Jay negotiated Jay’s Treaty – Britain abandoned forts and paid for seized ships, while United States paid pre-Revolutionary debts owed to British merchants. • V. Pinckney’s Treaty (p.313-14) • A. Spain closed the port at New Orleans to U.S. trade in 1784 because of a dispute over the border between the United States and Spanish Florida.

  11. Troubles Abroad • B. The Treaty • 1. Washington sent Thomas Pinckney, U.S. ambassador, to talk to Spanish officials. • 2. Pinckney requested right of deposit, or right for American boats to transfer goods at the port at New Orleans without paying cargo fees. • 3. Under the terms of Pinckney’s Treaty, Spain changed Florida’s borders, reopened port at New Orleans to American ships, and gave ships right of deposit. • 4. Treaty opend the frontier to further American expansion.

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