As Kaufman notes, the isolationist strategy embraced by Washington was contingent on Great Britain remaining the great balancer of power in Europe during this time. ... During the Revolutionary War, the alliance with France made in 1778 was vital to independence and manifested out of the feud between Britain and France. At the onset of the French Revolution, Washington negotiated two major treaties (Jay's Treaty of 1794 and Pinckney's Treaty of 1795) to both protect the land the republic already possessed and expand across land the republic wished to acquire. ... Once again, the stre...

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It was at this time that many issues were presenting themselves regarding how future interpretation of the Constitution's text would transpire, and high level appointees, such as John Jay, felt that the Court could not acquire enough "energy, weight, and dignity" to play a significant part in the understanding. ... The state of Virginia confiscated some 300,000 acres of land, which at one point belonged to Britain's Lord Fairfax, and proceeded to grant a portion of this land to David Hunter. The end of the Revolution, the Treaty of Peace with Great Britain, and Jay's Treaty o...

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The Civil War pitted Americans against each other. The sectional divisions between the North and South caused tensions leading up to the Civil War, but the issue of slavery would ultimately lead to war. Tensions evolved between the North and South before the Civil War due to their difference in econ...

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Classroom of America 2 Classroom of America: Inequality in the Educational System The United States of America has long been referred to as the "land of the free,"" a place where "all men are created equal."" But how united is America in the classroom? Within America...

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