MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
JAY TREATY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Britain would pay damages on seized American ships.
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Britain would give the U.S. Canada.
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Britain would abandon their forts on the northwestern frontier.
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The U.S. agreed to pay debts it owed the British.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The only concessions Jay obtained was a surrender of the northwestern posts (already agreed to in 1783) and a commercial treaty with Great Britain that granted the United States “most favored nation” status, but seriously restricted U.S. commercial access to the British West Indies.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the treaty Britain, conceding to primary American grievances, agreed to evacuate the Northwest Territory by June 1, 1796; to compensate for its depredations against American shipping; to end discrimination against American commerce; and to grant the U.S. trading privileges in England and the British East Indies.
Detailed explanation-3: -Jay’s Treaty, officially titled “Treaty of Amity Commerce and Navigation, between His Britannic Majesty; and The United States of America, ” was negotiated by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Jay and signed between the United States and Great Britain on November 19, 1794.
Detailed explanation-4: -The British agreed to submit compensations related to seizures to arbitration, open the West Indies to small American vessels, open the British Isles to American trade on a most-favored-nation basis, and evacuate their forts in the American northwest.