In addition to his quest for support, he began to license American vessels to operate as privateers against British shipping and to grant French military commissions to a number of Americans in order to prepare expeditions against Spanish and British territorial claims in North America. ... In addition to Washington's response to the Genet affair, he further strived to avert involvement in war by signing the Jay Treaty. ... Under the Jay Treaty, the British agreed to evacuate the posts in the west, promised to compensate American ship owners for seizures in the West Indies and vo...

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To put a halt to seizures of American ships, chief justice John Jay was sent to England to alleviate war. ... Many citizens thought that the British were taking advantage of them. ... Among many of the shortcomings brought by Jay's treaty, the French felt betrayed by the United States. ... Jay's treaty was viewed as an Anglo-American alliance by the new French government. ... Your Chief Justice John Jay came back from Britain with a piece of paper that bought us time to strengthen ourselves so that we can stand up against the Redcoats next time they get in our way. ...

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Jefferson passed the embargo acts in order to rebel against the British because the British were capturing American ships and sailors. ... Then, he reversed and made a new navy to go and block all trade into Britain. ... The Jay Treaty in 1794 greatly disturbed the Republicans because the British said the states still had a pre-revolutionary war debt to pay. ... The Federalists stood in favor of the Jay Treaty and the Alien Sedition Acts. ...

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Among the signatures were those of John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Tomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, John Jay, Lewis Morris, Roger Sherman, and other founding fathers. ... Some make it seem that the Loyalists did not want war with the King because they had a strong faith to the British Crown. ... I think they just intimidated by the British military. The colonists were out numbered and the British were known as being the best army. ...

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Gouverneur Morris was an American statesman and diplomat, and one of the most important authors of the U.S. Constitution. He was born January 31, 1752, at Morrisiana estate, in Westchester County, NY, in 1752. He lived in a wealthy family of Loyalists. He had a half brother, named Lewis, who sig...

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There were many different things that challenged the new government between 1789 and 1800. Different things such as Foreign Affairs and new rules that were established such as the Alien and Sedition Acts. All of these things some how changed the government and the views of the citizens of the ...

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Committees of this kind provided local government in the days that the British colonial government was crumbling. ... He also joined Alexander Hamilton and John Jay of New York in writing The Federalist. ...

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Gilbert Stuart Gilbert Stuart was the most brilliant portrait painter in America after the Revolution. He is best known for his paintings of George Washington. His "Athenaeum" portrait of Washington is produced on currency, and is familiar to anyone who has looked at a one-dollar bill. Gilbert S...

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In the late 1700's, the newborn country of America was struggling to survive among the vast realm of tribulation around them. Under President John Adams, rumor of war with France emerged as a previous treaty made between the United States and Britain "Jay's treaty-- outraged France. Aside from th...

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