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Creating a Foreign Policy

Creating a Foreign Policy. Section 2 Chapter 9. Start of a New Revolution…. 1789 : French Ship arrive in the U.S. July 14: Paris. Bastille was destroyed. Start of the French Rev. Louis XVI: Peasants/Middle Class heavily taxed. Nobles paid none. American Support. Big support at 1 st .

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Creating a Foreign Policy

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  1. Creating a Foreign Policy Section 2 Chapter 9

  2. Start of a New Revolution… • 1789: • French Ship arrive in the U.S. • July 14: • Paris. • Bastille was destroyed. • Start of the French Rev. • Louis XVI: • Peasants/Middle Class heavily taxed. • Nobles paid none.

  3. American Support. • Big support at 1st. • France was their 1st Ally. • Knew the fight for liberty. • Marquis de Lafayette: • French Reformer who fought during the Amer. Rev. • Loved by many Americans.

  4. French Rev. Too Violent… • 1793: • French Rev gets to violent. • Radical reformers gain control. • Reign of Terror: • Tens of thousands of French citizens were executed. • King and Queen beheaded. • Guillotine: Death Machine.

  5. Division amongst Americans… • Thomas Jefferson: • Continued to support their cause. • Violence may be needed to win freedom. • Condemned the executions of the King and Queen. • Hamilton/Adams: • Opposed the way the Fr. were doing things. • “One cold no more create democracy through widespread violence, than a snowball can exist in the streets of Philadelphia under a burning sun”. • John Adams.

  6. Foreign Policy… • F.P: The Actions that a nation takes in relations to other nations. • Difficult Decision: • Stay Neutral: Not taking sides in a conflict. • Treaty: France was our ally. • Wanted to use ports to supply ships & launch attacks on the British. • How can we honor treaty with Fr. and remain neutral during the European conflict?

  7. Divisions in the Cabinet… • Issue of the Treaty: • Hamilton: • Treaty was with King Louis XVI. • No longer valid: Dead. • Jefferson: (Fr. Supporter) • Urged strict acceptance of the treaty. • Result: • Neutrality Proclamation: • April 1793: Would not support either side in the war. • Forbade Americans from aiding either Br. or Fr.

  8. The Jay Treaty… • 1793: • Br. Captured over 250 American ships trading in the French West Indies. • War? Were we strong enough? • Chief Justice John Jay: • Sent to Br. to negotiate. • Result: (1795 approved) • Br. Pay damages for the ships they seized. • Br. gave up forts they held in the West. • Amer. had to pay debts long owed to Br. Merchants.

  9. Goodbye to the 1st… • Washington Retires: • 1796: • Farwell Address: • Advised Americans against becoming involved in European Affairs. • Did not oppose foreign trade. • Rejected alliances that could drag the country into war. • His advice guided the Amer. Foreign Policy for many years.

  10. Checking for Understanding… • What is Foreign Policy? • What did the Neutrality Proclamation act of 1793 do? • Who was John Jay and the Jay Treaty? • The actions that a nation takes in relation to other nation. • It stated that the U.S. would remain neutral and support neither France or Great Britain in their war, and forbade Americans from aiding either side. • Chief Justice who was sent to Gr. Britain to negotiate over the British capturing American merchant ships.

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