MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS FROM ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS TO XYZ AFFAIR
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U.S. & France
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England & France
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U.S. & England
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U.S. & Mexico
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Detailed explanation-1: -Signed on November 19, 1794, Jay’s Treaty was an agreement by the United States and Great Britain that helped avert war between the two nations.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The treaty was an attempt to resolve the differences between the United States and Britain over British attempts to restrict trade to France. Soon after war broke out between Britain and France in 1793, the vast majority of American policymakers wanted the United States to remain neutral.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.