1. Washington’s Second Term (1793-97)
One Problem After Another

2. Caught in the Middle
Brom Strowman
Ndamukong Suh

3. Stuck in the Middle
In 1793 England and France go to war
U.S. opinion divided
Jefferson supports France
Hamilton supports England
Washington declared neutrality for the United States

4. A Threat to Neutrality The Citizen Genet Affair (1793)
French ambassador Edmund Genet hires American Privateers to attack English Ships
Threatens U.S. neutrality
Washington demands his removal

5. The Whiskey Rebellion 1791 Hamilton asks for an excise tax on whiskey
Help pay national debt
hurts western farmers
Opposed by Jefferson
Leads to the Whiskey Rebellion (1794)
Farmers in Western Penn.
Washington leads army to suppress
Proves the new government can enforce the law

6. Indian Troubles in Ohio
Thousands of settlers moving westward
Vermont, Tennessee & Kentucky become states
Miami Indians (Little Turtle) & Shawnee (Blue Jacket) go to war to stop settlement in Ohio & Indiana
Indians defeated by Gen. Anthony Wayne at the Battle of Fallen Timbers (1794)

7. Mr. Ewing’s 2nd Rule
Little Turtle and the Miami are forced to sign the Treaty of Greenville (1795)
Miami leave Ohio and move west
Precedent of U.S. treaties forcing the Native Americans west

8. A Peace Treaty with England
British forts in the Northwest Territory anger the United States
Westerner’s demand war
British agree to leave in Jay’s Treaty (John Jay) (1794)
Settles U.S./British disputes
Washington/Hamilton approves
Jefferson’s supporters hate the treaty

9. Burning in Effigy

10. Jay’s Treaty

11. Pinckney’s Treaty
The Spanish closed the port of New Orleans to American trade in 1795
Hope to force US out of the west
Thomas Pinckney sent to Spain
Pinckney’s Treaty (1795) grants Americans the Right of Deposit at New Orleans
Spanish relent after hearing of Jay’s Treaty
Feared a U.S./English Alliance aimed at gaining their territory

12. Washington’s Final Advice
Washington decides not to seek a third term
Begins the two-term tradition
Washington issues a Farewell Address (1797) with three warnings
Avoid entangling alliances
Avoid political parties
Beware of sectionalism