MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS FROM ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS TO XYZ AFFAIR
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The Jay Treaty
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The Pinckney Treaty
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The Alien and Sedition Acts
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The results fo the 1796 election
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Jay Treaty, which the United States signed with Great Britain in 1795, angered the French because France was currently fighting against Great Britain and France had aided the Americans in their war of independence.
Detailed explanation-2: -France, then at war with England, interpreted the treaty as a violation of its own commercial treaty of 1778 with the U.S. This resentment led to French maritime attacks on the U.S. and between 1798 and 1800 to an undeclared naval war.
Detailed explanation-3: -The treaty was hotly contested by Jeffersonians in each state. An effort was made to block it in the House, which ultimately failed. The Jeffersonians feared that closer economic or political ties with Great Britain would strengthen Hamilton’s Federalist Party, promote aristocracy, and undercut republicanism.
Detailed explanation-4: -How did the French respond to the treaty? Section 3-#1 In the Jay Treaty, the British agreed to pull their troops from the Ohio Valley. The French viewed the Jay Treaty as a violation of its own treaty with the United States and began to attack U.S. ships.