INSTRUCTIONS

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