1. Do Now
Under what conditions should the US government be able to eavesdrop on our communications?
In what situations or crises should people be denied their right to free speech?

2. Thursday - Agenda Do Now & share (10-15)
Review: Foreign Policy challenges for the republic (25)
The Sedition Act (1798), Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions– Reading & source analysis (35)
HW Preview (5)
Exit Ticket (10)

3. Unit 4: Birth of the First Political Parties
Unit Focus Questions:
What challenges did the new nation face?
What features of the political system enabled it to overcome these challenges?

4. Lesson 2: Domestic challenges
Major Questions:
How did Thomas Jefferson’s and Alexander Hamilton’s visions of the new nation conflict with one another?
How did the nation’s first political parties reflect the ongoing struggles of a new and unstable nation?
How did the new nation deal with foreign policy challenges, specifically the pressures from Britain & France?

5. Overthrew Louis XIV & Marie Antoinette
Overthrew Louis XIV & Marie Antoinette
Hamilton argued this made 1778 treaty void
1793: Britain, Spain, Prussia, led a coalition against France
French pressured US to help them
Hamilton, Feds, were pro-British (trade)
Jefferson was pro-French republic

6. Citizen Genet controversy
1793 – New French ambassador sent to the US
Tried to organize pro-French forces
Wanted to use US ports to turn captured British ships into French privateers
How did this go down in Philadelphia?

8. American Neutrality Jefferson/Republicans Hamilton/Federalists
Wanted to avoid war with France
US should honor 1778 treaty
Close to, and admired by French revolutionaries
Thrilled that the French had followed US example and become a republic
Hamilton/Federalists
Wanted to avoid war with Britain.
75% of tariffs came from British imports
Treaty with France was void
Feared the example of the French revolution

9. Disputes with Britain British blockade of France & her colonies
Includes West Indies
Royal Navy seized US ships bound for French ports
Over 350 ships in
British-born crews considered to be British
“Impressed” into Royal Navy service
Britain maintained forts in NW Territories
Americans suspected British of supporting and encouraging Indian attacks on the western frontier
Battle of Fallen Timber (1793)
John Jay sent to London to negotiate these problems

10. Jay’s Treaty - 1794 What he got What Jay wanted
Compensation for lost ships & cargo
Remove forts by 1796
No compensation for slave-owners
US could not trade openly with BWI
US to accept British definition of neutrality
US to deny French access to ports
US gov’t to pay off pre-Revolution states’ debts
US to allow British favorable trade conditions
What Jay wanted
Stop harassing US ships & crews
Remove forts from NW territory
Compensation for southern slave-owners
Open trade with British West Indies
Open trade with France - neutral rights
How did the treaty get received in the US?

11. Quasi-war with France – 1798-1800
Seemingly, apparently, not really
France declared US goods bound for Britain as contraband
: France seized over 300 US ships
1796: Us Navy = 25 ships
1798: Congress establishes Dept. of Navy
1798: Adams send envoys to France
Marquis de Talleyrand (French foreign minister)
“X,Y,Z” affair - $250,000 to meet Talleyrand
What does this suggest about the US standing in world politics at that time?

12. Quasi-war with France – 1798-1800
“Millions for defence, but not one cent for tribute”
Most Federalists & some Republicans called for war with France
Not Jefferson, though
“War fever”
No formal declaration of war
Congress authorized seizure of French ships
Suspended trade with France
Formally renounced 1778 treaty of alliance
Naval engagements – US Navy had some success
1798- Napoleon becomes First Consul – New French regime –no desire for another enemy to fight

13. War at Home Bitter Party divisions exposed
Personal attacks became common
“Band of brothers” at each others’ throats
Partizan laws passed
Alien Act & Naturalization Act aimed at mostly pro-Republican groups
Alien Enemies Act is still active today
Sedition means. . .

14. Exit Ticket
ANALYSIS: What is the historical significance of documents 1 & 2 with respect to the unit focus question: How did the nation’s first political parties reflect the ongoing struggles of a new and unstable nation?