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
5. 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
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