6-2: Foreign Affairs Trouble the nation Battle of Fallen Timbers

1. What were the reasons for issuing the Declaration of Neutrality The war between Britain and France Pressure from France to uphold the 1778 treaty

2. What resulted from the U.S. Victory at the Battle of Fallen Timbers The Miami Confederacy was defeated Native American resistance in Ohio was brought to an end The Treaty of Greenville

3. What did Britain and the U.S. agree to as part of the Jay’s Treaty The British would evacuate posts in the Northwest Territory The British would be able to continue the fur trade on the American side of the U.S.- Canada border

4. What did Spain and the U.S. agree to as part of the Pinckney Treaty Spain gave up all claims to land east of the Mississippi and recognized the 31st parallel as the northern boundary of Florida Spain agreed to open the Mississippi River and the Port of New Orleans to American traffic The agreement therefore put the lands of the Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations of American Indians within the new boundaries of the United States

What problems did the 1796 election underscore The Constitution allowed the president and vice president to be elected from different parties Growing danger of sectionalism Vice President: and a Democratic Republican President: A Federalist

The election of 1796 and sectionalism

6. What effects did the XYZ affair have on U.S.- French relations XYZ Affair: French diplomats demand bribes from the U.S. to help stop France from interfering in American Shipping It led to a wave of anti-French feeling in the United States It led to an undeclared naval war with France

7. What measures were contained in the Alien and Sedition Acts It raised residence requirements for American citizenship from 5 to 14 years It allowed the President to deport or jail any undesirable alien It set fines and jail terms for anyone expressing opinions considered dangerous to the government

8. What did the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions declare? The right of nullification (States have the right to nullify any act of Congress that they deem unconstitutional)

Terms Edmond Genet: French diplomat who tried to get American support against the British (after President Washington decided on neutrality) Little Turtle: Native American leader who led Native American Confederacy against American in the Battle of Fallen Timbers John Jay: Negotiated a treaty with Britain over territory (Jay’s Treaty) Sectionalism: Practice of placing interests of one region over those of the nation as a whole