MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS FROM ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS TO XYZ AFFAIR
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Remove British forts from the Northwest Territory
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Make peace with the French
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Pay back money owed to America by France
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Prevent French ships from attacking American merchant ships
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Detailed explanation-1: -On November 19, 1794 representatives of the United States and Great Britain signed Jay’s Treaty, which sought to settle outstanding issues between the two countries that had been left unresolved since American independence.
Detailed explanation-2: -Jefferson, Madison and other opponents feared the treaty gave too many concessions to the British. They argued that Jay’s negotiations actually weakened American trade rights and complained that it committed the U.S. to paying pre-revolutionary debts to English merchants.
Detailed explanation-3: -Northwest Territory Perhaps as important as U.S. independence, the Treaty of Paris also established generous boundaries for the new nation. As part of the agreement, the British ceded a vast area known as the Northwest Territory to the United States.
Detailed explanation-4: -In what became known as the Jay Treaty, which took place on Nov. 19, 1794, Great Britain agreed to withdraw from the Northwest Territory by June 1, 1796. The British also consented to cease its plundering of U.S. merchant ships and to compensate the United States for losses from these attacks.