Chapter 8 Section 2 War Clouds

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Chapter 8 Section 2War Clouds
When the Electoral College voted for the first
time in 1788, George Washington became the first
President.
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The French Revolution

• In 1789, the French people revolted against
  their King.
• The French Revolution was an uprising that began
  when the people of Paris stormed the Bastille, a
  royal prison.
• Most Americans supported the French Revolution at
  first because they knew what it was like to
  struggle for freedom. Also, France was an ally
  of the U.S. during the American Revolution.
• Many Americans switched their opinion when the
  French Revolution turned violent and bloody.

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The Neutrality Proclamation

• War soon broke again between Britain and France.
  The United States had signed a treaty with France
  in 1778 that allowed the French navy to use
  American ports. Now the French wanted to use
  these ports to arm and resupply their warships.
• Washington knew that the U.S. was to weak to
  fight either Britain or France.
• He issued the Neutrality Proclamation in 1793,
  which stated that the U.S. would not support
  either side in the war.
• It also made it illegal for Americans to help
  either Britain or France in any way.

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Jays Treaty

• Washingtons statement of neutrality was not
  respected in Europe.
• Both Britain and France seized American ships
  headed for each others ports as prizes of war.
• Alarmed, Washington sent Chief Justice John Jay
  to Britain for talks. He worked out a treaty
  with the British government. Washington accepted
  the treaty to avoid war.
• Jays Treaty called for Britain to pay damages
  for American ships it had seized. Americans had
  to pay British merchants for debts and damages
  caused by the American Revolution. Many
  Americans reacted angrily because they felt they
  were giving up more than Britain was willing to
  give.

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War in the West

• Washington also faced a crisis on the western
  frontier
• Thousands of Americans continued to move into the
  Northwest Territory in the 1790s. The newcomers
  took over Indian lands, ignoring treaties that
  the natives had signed with the U.S.
• Alarmed and angry, the Miami nation in Ohio drove
  white settlers from their lands with arms
  supplied by the British.
• Washington sent General Anthony Wayne to put down
  the uprising. General Wayne and his troops
  defeated the Natives at the Battle of Fallen
  Timbers.

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Treaty of Greenville

• In 1795, the Miamis and 11 other Indian nations
  gave up the southern half of present-day Ohio for
  20,000 by signing the Treaty of Greenville.

After the signing of the Treaty of Greenville,
Ohio Indians agreed to stay to the north and
west of this line and the Americans were to stay
to the south and east.
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President Washington Retires

• In 1796, Washington refused to run for a 3rd term
  as President.
• His last speech, his Farewell Address, urged the
  United States to remain neutral in its relations
  with foreign countries.