1. Washington’s Foreign Policy & Farewell Address

2. AMERICA: 1790

3. Our Revolution was Over.

4. Jacques-Louis David, The Tennis Court Oath
Meanwhile, In France...
Jacques-Louis David, The Tennis Court Oath

5. The Storming of the Bastille, 14 July 1789
It was only Beginning.
The Storming of the Bastille, 14 July 1789

6. The French Tricolor
They wanna be us...
But they AIN’T us.

7. US Should Support French Revolution US Should Oppose French Revolution
The French Revolution
Jefferson
Hamilton
US Should Support French Revolution
US Should Oppose French Revolution

8. WAR!!!
France vs. Europe

9. ?
How should the United States respond?

10. Neutrality Proclamation
“Whereas it appears that a state of war exists between Austria, Prussia, Sardinia, Great Britain, and the United Netherlands, of the one part, and France on the other...
1793

11. Neutrality Proclamation
“The duty and interest of the United States require, that they should with sincerity and good faith adopt and pursue a conduct friendly and impartial toward the belligerent Powers...”
1793

12. Washington’s Legacy
Neutrality

13. Washington’s Legacy
Washington’s Neutrality Proclamation defined American foreign policy toward Europe until World War II.

14. “Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars!”
-- FDR, 1940

15. Art courtesy of Sam B. and James J. (APUSH 2008-2009)

16. Citizen Genet Privateers: Republicaine Anti-George Sans-Culotte
Citizen Genêt
French Ambassador
to the U.S

17. He has to be dismissed. You’re right. Hamilton Jefferson
Citizen Genet’s lack of regard for diplomatic protocol resulted in a rare agreement between Jefferson and Hamilton.
Jefferson

18. Citizen Genet was FIRED.
Photo by Gage Skidmore

19. Jefferson
RESIGNED

20. Jefferson, frustrated with the administration’s pro-British policies, retired to Monticello.
Photo by Roger Smith

21. The Jay Treaty
John Jay
Britain agrees to abandon forts in U.S. in exchange for Most Favored Nation (MFN) trading status.

23. OPPOSED

24. The Jay Treaty strengthened economic ties with aristocratic Britain, while creating tension between the U.S. and republican France.

25. By the Light of Burning Effigies

27. 2/3 Advice and Consent
Photo by Kurt Magoon

28. Ratified 20-10*
* Treaties require a 2/3 vote of the Senate for ratification.
Photo by Kurt Magoon

29. Pinckney’s Treaty 1795 Settled West Florida Boundary
Thomas Pinckney (SC)
Settled West Florida Boundary
Free navigation of the Mississippi R.
Right of Deposit (New Orleans)

30. Map by Golbez

31. Resolved in our favor!
Free Navigation
Map by Golbez

32. Two Terms
A precedent for all future presidents

33. EXCEPT ONE
OOPS!

34. Art courtesy of Sam B. and James J. (APUSH 2008-2009)

35. Washington’s Farewell Address
Jeffersonian Ideas
WASHINGTON
Hamiltonian Ideas
UNION
Sectionalism
Political Parties
Excessive Debt
Virtue
(Religion and Morality)
Consolidation of Power
Neutrality