1. CHALLENGES AT HOME AND ABROAD

2. WHISKEY REBELLION SUMMER 1794
EXCISE TAX AS PART OF FUNDING & ASSUMPTION
NOWHERE ENFORCED MORE THAN IN WESTERN PA
REVENUE AGENTS HOMES’ BURNED; AGENTS TARRED & FEATHERED
GW SENDS 13,000 MILITIA
REBELLION ENDS BEFORE IT BEGINS
DON’T MESS WITH AUTHORITY OF G. WASHINGTON

3. OHIO COUNTRY, INDIANS & BRITISH
BATTLE OF FALLEN TIMBERS
“LAST BATTLE OF THE REVOLUTION”
INDIANS IN NW TERRITORY DIDN’T AGREE TO HAND OVER THEIR LAND
BRITISH SOLDIERS STILL OUT WEST
LITTLE TURTLE & MIAMI TRIBE LED SUCCESSFUL BATTLES AGAINST US
DECISIVE VICTORY AUGUST 1794 GENERAL “MAD ANTHONY” WAYNE AGAINST INDIANS
TREATY OF GREENVILLE 1795 – DEFINITE BOUNDARY BETWEEN US & INDIAN LANDS.

4. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION 1789 & WAR IN EUROPE 1793
APRIL 1793 PROCLAMATION OF NEUTRALITY “FRIENDLY & IMPARTIAL” TO ALL BELLIGERENTS
GENET AFFAIR – FRENCH LOOKING FOR SUPPORT – BREAKING US LAW, REBUFFS WASHINGTON & GW ASKS FOR HIS RECALL
MORE IMPORTANT THAT GENET WAS VIOLATION OF AMERICAN SHIPPING RIGHTS
FRANCO-AMERICAN ALLIANCE OVER
GB AND FR ATTACKING AMERICAN SHIPS – DAMAGE GREAT IN

5. JAY TREATY 1795
JAY SENT TO ENGLAND TO GET ATTACKS ON AMERICAN SHIPS TO END
ENGLAND WANTED TREATY: FEARFUL OF AN FRANCO-AMERICAN ALLIANCE
ONLY ONE MAJOR CONCESSION: BRITISH WILL EVACUATE WESTERN POSTS, COMPENSATE SHIPOWNERS, OPEN UP ASIAN COLONIES FOR TRADE
AMERICAN NEUTRAL RIGHTS ON THE WATER NOT RESPECTED
VALUABLE NONETHELESS BECAUSE RELATIONS WITH GREAT BRITAIN REGULARIZED – ESSENTIAL FOR ECONOMIC & POLITCAL SECURITY OF US
ENABLED US TO SOLVE PROBLEMS WITH SPAIN

6. PINCKNEY TREATY 1795 TREATY OF SAN LORENZO
SPAIN’S EXIT FROM EUROPEAN WAR
FEARFUL OF FRANCO-AMERICAN ATTACK
IMPROVE RELATIONS WITH U.S.
FREE NAVIGATION OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND RIGHT OF DEPOSIT AT NEW ORLEANS
RATIFIED 4 MONTHS AFTER JAY; 10/1795
SETTLERS POUR INTO WEST- NEW STATES KY & TN – MS & IN TERRITORIES

7. WASHINGTON’S FAREWELL ADDRESS SEPTEMBER 1796
DISENCHANTED WITH RIVALRY BETWEEN FEDERALISTS & REPUBLICANS:
Violation of neutral rights, French Revolution, Informal political organization by Jefferson & Madison 1791, no machinery for nominating candidates for federal office – done by caucus not people.
AVOID POLITICAL PARTIES
NO FOREIGN ENTAGLEMENTS – TEMPORARY ALLIANCES FOR EXTRAORDINARY PURPOSES ONLY- POLICY OF ISOLATION

8. ELECTION OF 1796 FEDERALIST JOHN ADAMS REPUBLICAN THOMAS JEFFERSON
PINCKNEY AS POSSIBLE VP FOR ADAMS – HAMILTON’S INTERFERENCE
ELECTION RESULTS: FEDERALIST PRESIDENT & REPUBLICAN VICE PRESIDENT
ADAMS 71
JEFFERSON 68
PINCKNEY 59

9. CONTINUED TROUBLE WITH FRANCE & AMERICAN SHIPPING
NEGOTIATE SETTLEMENT WITH FRANCE
“XYZ AFFAIR” – FIASCO
1798 ADAMS RELEASES REPORT FROM COMMISSIONERS
CONGRESS CREATES NAVY DEPT., TRIPLE SIZE OF ARMY, AMERICAN PRIVATEERS BEGIN ATTACKING FR. SHIPS
REPUBLICANS COMMITTED TO FRIENDSHIP W/ FRANCE
EUROPEAN REFUGEES FLOODING INTO AMERICA
WAR NOT AN OPTION

10. ALIEN & SEDITION ACTS 1798 FEDERALISTS TAKE XYZ AFFAIR A STEP FURTHER
NATURALIZATION ACT – 14 YRS RESIDENCE FOR CITIZENSHIP
PRESIDENTIAL POWER TO EXPEL ALIENS – NEVER INVOKED BUT SOME LEFT IN FEAR
SEDITION ACT: CRIME TO INCITE RIOT OR IMPEDE LAWS & ILLEGAL TO SPEAK, WRITE AGAINST GOV’T
GOV’T “MASTERS NOT SERVANTS OF THE PEOPLE”
WAY TO SILENCE REPUBLICANS W/ 1800 AROUND THE CORNER

11. THE REPUBLICAN RESPONSE THE VIRGINIA & KENTUCKY RESOLVES
TJ BELIEVED ALIEN & SEDITION ACTS VIOLATED 1ST AMENDMENT & THEREFORE IMPEDED UPON STATES’ RIGHTS
STATES HAD RIGHTS TO DECLARE LAW OF CONGRESS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
FRANCE NEVER WANTED WAR & XYZ AFFAIR NOT A BIG DEAL FOR FRANCE SO COMMISSIONERS TO BE RECEIVED POST HASTE
TENSION B/W ADAMS & FEDERALISTS
NAPOLEON IN CHARGE BUT WAR AVOIDED – CONVENTION 1800