1. 6-2: Foreign Affairs Trouble the nation
Battle of Fallen Timbers

2. 1. What were the reasons for issuing the Declaration of Neutrality
The war between Britain and France
Pressure from France to uphold the 1778 treaty

3. 2. What resulted from the U.S. Victory at the Battle of Fallen Timbers
The Miami Confederacy was defeated
Native American resistance in Ohio was brought to an end
The Treaty of Greenville

4. 3. What did Britain and the U.S. agree to as part of the Jay’s Treaty
The British would evacuate posts in the Northwest Territory
The British would be able to continue the fur trade on the American side of the U.S.- Canada border

5. 4. What did Spain and the U.S. agree to as part of the Pinckney Treaty
Spain gave up all claims to land east of the Mississippi and recognized the 31st parallel as the northern boundary of Florida
Spain agreed to open the Mississippi River and the Port of New Orleans to American traffic
The agreement therefore put the lands of the Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations of American Indians within the new boundaries of the United States

6. What problems did the 1796 election underscore
The Constitution allowed the president and vice president to be elected from different parties
Growing danger of sectionalism
Vice President: and a Democratic Republican
President: A Federalist

7. The election of 1796 and sectionalism

8. 6. What effects did the XYZ affair have on U.S.- French relations
XYZ Affair: French diplomats demand bribes from the U.S. to help stop France from interfering in American Shipping
It led to a wave of anti-French feeling in the United States
It led to an undeclared naval war with France

9. 7. What measures were contained in the Alien and Sedition Acts
It raised residence requirements for American citizenship from 5 to 14 years
It allowed the President to deport or jail any undesirable alien
It set fines and jail terms for anyone expressing opinions
considered dangerous
to the government

10. 8. What did the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions declare?
The right of nullification (States have the right to nullify any act of Congress that they deem unconstitutional)

11. Terms
Edmond Genet: French diplomat who tried to get American support against the British (after President Washington decided on neutrality)
Little Turtle: Native American leader who led Native American Confederacy against American in the Battle of Fallen Timbers
John Jay: Negotiated a treaty with Britain over territory (Jay’s Treaty)
Sectionalism: Practice of placing interests of one region over those of the nation as a whole