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Washingtons Foreign Policy & Farewell Address

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AMERICA: 1790

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Our Revolution was Over.

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Jacques-Louis David, The Tennis Court Oath

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The Storming of the Bastille, 14 July 1789

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The French Tricolor They wanna be us... But they AINT us.

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The French Revolution Hamilton Jefferson US Should Support French Revolution US Should Oppose French Revolution

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France vs. Europe

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? How should the United States respond?

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Neutrality Proclamation Whereas it appears that a state of war exists between Austria, Prussia, Sardinia, Great Britain, and the United Netherlands, of the one part, and France on the other... 1793

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Neutrality Proclamation The duty and interest of the United States require, that they should with sincerity and good faith adopt and pursue a conduct friendly and impartial toward the belligerent Powers... 1793

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Neutrality Washingtons Legacy

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Washingtons Neutrality Proclamation defined American foreign policy toward Europe until World War II. Washingtons Legacy

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Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars! -- FDR, 1940 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfSU-VGixjM

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Art courtesy of Sam B. and James J. (APUSH 2008-2009)

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Citizen Genet French Ambassador to the U.S. 1793-1794 Privateers: Republicaine Anti-George Sans-Culotte Citizen Gent

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Hamilton Jefferson Youre right. He has to be dismissed. Citizen Genets lack of regard for diplomatic protocol resulted in a rare agreement between Jefferson and Hamilton.

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Photo by Gage SkidmoreGage Skidmore Citizen Genet was FIRED.

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Jefferson

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Photo by Roger SmithRoger Smith Jefferson, frustrated with the administrations pro-British policies, retired to Monticello.

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Britain agrees to abandon forts in U.S. in exchange for Most Favored Nation (MFN) trading status. The Jay Treaty John Jay 1794-1796

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The Jay Treaty strengthened economic ties with aristocratic Britain, while creating tension between the U.S. and republican France.

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http://www.city-journal.org/2010/20_1_urb-john-jay.html

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Photo by Kurt MagoonKurt Magoon

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Ratified 20-10 * * Treaties require a 2/3 vote of the Senate for ratification. Photo by Kurt MagoonKurt Magoon

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Settled West Florida Boundary Free navigation of the Mississippi R. Right of Deposit (New Orleans) Thomas Pinckney (SC) Pinckneys Treaty 1795

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Map by GolbezGolbez

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Map by GolbezGolbez Resolved in our favor! Free Navigation

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A precedent for all future presidents Two Terms

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EXCEPT ONE OOPS!

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Art courtesy of Sam B. and James J. (APUSH 2008-2009)

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TWO TERM PRECEDENT Photo by rogerblake2rogerblake2 The Twenty-second Amendment (1951) made Washingtons precedent official.

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Jeffersonian Ideas WASHINGTON Hamiltonian Ideas UNION Sectionalism Political Parties Excessive Debt Virtue (Religion and Morality) Consolidation of Power Neutrality Washingtons Farewell Address