1. Challenges to the New Government
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2. Securing the Northwest Territory
Spain owned much of the land west of the Mississippi, Florida, and the port of New Orleans
Native Americans claimed Northwest Territory – Ohio River and north into Canada
Britain still held forts north of the Ohio River, supported Native Americans
Americans wanted the ports in order to trade.

3. Battle of Fallen Timbers

4. Battle of Fallen Timbers
Washington sent troops to Ohio river valley
Defeated by Little Turtle
Indian tribes united to defeat us army
“Mad Anthony” Wayne sent to defeat the tribes

5. Battle of Fallen Timbers
August 20, 1794, fight between 2,000 Indians and Wayne’s troops
Native Americans defeated…
12 tribes signed the treaty of Greenville
Agreed to surrender Ohio and Indiana regions to US

6. Whiskey Rebellion
Conflict over government’s tax on whiskey

7. Whiskey Rebellion Conflict over government’s tax on whiskey
Whiskey very popular among farmers
Made more from whiskey than from rye
Farmers used whiskey for $$

8. Whiskey Rebellion
Summer of 1794 farmers attacked tax collectors to protest the tax on whiskey
13,000 soldiers sent to put down the uprising

10. Whiskey Rebellion
“Such resistance is treason against society, against liberty, against everything that ought to be dear to a free, enlightened, and prudent people. To tolerate it were to abandon your most precious interests. Not to subdue it were to tolerate it.”
Alexander Hamilton

11. The French Rebellion

12. The French Rebellion
Inspired by the Americans, French revolutionaries demanded liberty and equality
By 1792 revolution became very violent

13. The French Rebellion
1793 – King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette executed
France then declared war on Britain, Holland, and Spain
This puts the US in an awkward position
WHY????

14. What to do????? France had been ally of US during revolution
Britain was United States’ most important trading partner
Washington decided US would remain…
NEUTRAL

15. Remaining Neutral Britain made it hard to remain nuetral
Seized American cargo ships sailing from West Indies
Still held on to forts in Ohio Valley

16. Remaining Neutral
Chief Justice John Jay goes to England to work this out
Jay’s Treaty
called for British to pay damages to ships
British agreed to leave Ohio Valley
Jay’s Treaty unpopular because it failed to open West Indies trade to Americans

17. Remaining Neutral Thomas Pinckney helps reduce tensions along frontier
Pinckney’s Treaty
Americans could travel freely down Mississippi River
Could store goods in New Orleans without paying customs duties
Spain accepted 31st parallel as Southern boundary of US

18. Meanwhile…change was coming back east as Washington stepped down.
To Be Continued…