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• The French Revolution French people overthrew
  their monarchy and created republican govern

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• 1. Storming of Bastille - first act of
  Revolution
• a. Bastille prison that held French
  enemies

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• 2. Declaration of Rights of Man states French
  principles liberty, equality and fraternity
  brotherhood

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• 3. Ideas of equality and democracy spread from
  American Rev
• a. Inspire French to rise against
• oppressive govern
• b. Americans celebrate French
• Independence

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• 4. French revolutionaries behead
• king and queen

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• B. U.S. Neutrality
• 1. Some Americans back French, others backed
  British

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• 2. Debates over foreign policy divides federal
  government

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• 3. Neutrality Proclamation US would not take
  sides with countries at war

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• The duty and interest of the US require that
  they should with sincerity and good faith adopt
  and pursue a conduct friendly and unbiased
  towards the fighting powers
• Proclamation of Neutrality

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• Citizen Genet
• 1. Edmond Genet - Frances new representative to
  the US
• a. Sought American support for France

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• b. Found 4 American sea captains
• who agreed to command
  privateers private ships allowed by a
  country to attack enemy

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• c. Washington warns that
• privateers will violate US
• Neutrality Act
• d. Genet asks Americans to
• overrule Washington

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• e. Genet sent back to France

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• 2. Jefferson not happy with US policy
  towards France
• a. Jefferson thinks Hamilton (pro-
  British) has too much influence on
  presidents foreign policy

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• b. Jefferson resigns
• General Washington was himself sincerely a
  friend to the republican principles of our
  ConstitutionHe repeatedly declared to me that he
  would lose the last drop of blood in its
  support.
• Jefferson

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• Jays Treaty
• 1. Threats to US neutrality arise
• a. British capture neutral American
  ships

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• b. British officers in west encourage
  American Indian uprisings

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• 2. John Jay sent to London to work out
  peaceful solution
• a. America lacks strong navy
• b. Depend on trade with England

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• 3. Compromise Jays Treaty
• a. British pay damages for seized American
  ships
• b. American merchant ships can
• still trade in Caribbean

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• c. British will leave forts in
• Northwest
• d. US will pay pre-Revolutionary
• debts to British

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• 4. Treaty not perfect but its the best that
  US can do

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• Pinckney's Treaty
• 1. Spanish dispute border between US and
  Florida
• a. Spain closes port of New Orleans to
  US trade

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• 2. Thomas Pinckney (US ambassador) asks Spain
  to reopen New Orleans port
• a. asks for right of deposit at port
• - allow US boats to transfer
  goods without paying cargo fees

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• 3. Spanish finally agree out of fear that US
  and England would join against Spain

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• a. Spain changes Floridas border
• b. port at New Orleans reopened
• c. Americans given right of passage