Chapter 10 Section 3 Notes

Troubles Abroad

Chapter 10 Section 3 Terms

French RevolutionNeutrality ProclamationPrivateersJay’s TreatyRight of DepositPickney’s Treaty

The French Revolution

In 1789, the citizens of France began a violent revolution to overthrow the corrupt Monarchy.

The motto of the Revolution was “Liberty, Equality and Fraternity”

Jefferson was very supportive of the Revolution and thought it was “the first chapter of European liberty.”

The French Revolution Continued

Many Americans supported the French Revolution because they saw parallels with the American Revolution.

As the situation in France got more violent, Americans started to get worried

France declared war on Great BritainAmerica had signed a treaty with France to be allies in

1778 and many Americans wanted the US to send troops over like France had done for us during our Revolution

Other Americans were sympathetic to Britain and didn’t want to get involved

The Neutrality Proclamation

The debate over what to do split up government officials into Pro-France or Pro-British groups

Jefferson supported FranceHamilton supported BritainWashington declared that the US would

remain neutral to all wars in Europe in the Neutrality Proclamation

The Neutrality Proclamation ContinuedCitizen Genet was a French diplomat who urged

Americans to command privateers (private ships authorized by a nation to attack their enemies) to help in France’s war.

Jefferson was so upset with the way Washington handled the France issue that he resigned from his cabinet position

He also felt that Hamilton had too much power over Washington and that Washington was favoring Hamilton

Jay’s Treaty

Britain was violating US neutrality and disrupting peace

British troops were seizing American ships trading with the French West Indies

British officers were also supposedly urging Native Americans to fight against the US

British troops were VERY slow to abandon their western forts- a deal under the Treaty of Paris in 1783

Jay’s Treaty Continued

John Jay was sent by Washington to figure things out in London

Britain wasn’t worried about America and thought the US was too weak to stand up to them

Jay negotiated a treaty that made it so: Britain would pay for seized ships, quickly leave their forts in the West and America would pay debts to Britain from before the Revolution

Pinckney’s Treaty

American ships were still being barred from the port of New Orleans and the lower Mississippi by the Spanish

Washington sent Pinckney to negotiate and Spain re-opened the port, changed the Florida border and allowed Americans right of deposit, meaning they could transfer their goods without paying a fee