CHAPTER 8
SECTION 2
EARLY CHALLENGES
PROBLEMS WITH…
 Americans
 Natives
 French
 British
 Spanish
 Did I leave anyone out…?
THE WHISKEY REBELLION
 Western Pa. farmers didn’t like the tax
 Attacked tax collectors and burned buildings
 Washington squashes the problem and sends a
message.
 WHICH WAS…???
THE WHISKEY REBELLION
IN THE WEST
NORTHWEST TERRITORY
 Natives live there
 British still around
 French in the area
 Spain just on the other side of the river
CHIEF LITTLE TURTLE
 Washington signed treaties with Natives
 American settlers ignored treaties
 1791 - Washington sent General St. Claire to the
Indiana/ Ohio border
 Chief Little Turtle and the Miami killed 600
American soldiers in battle near the Wabash River
CHAIN REACTIONS
 Could the French help Americans defeat the others??
 French threat gets the British moving – built a new
fort
 British urged Natives to destroy American
settlements
 Native Americans demanded land north of the Ohio
River
BATTLE OF FALLEN TIMBERS
 NW Ohio (Toledo)
 “Mad” Anthony Wayne vs Chief Blue Jacket
(Shawnee)
 Natives defeated
 Treaty of Greenville took most of Ohio from Natives
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
 France helped us win the war… do some trading with
them
 British bully us, are still stronger than us…do some
trading with them
 Britain and France go to war in 1793
 What do we do???
NEUTRALITY
 Not taking sides
 France tried to get us involved (sent Edmond Genet)
 Proclamation of Neutrality
 Wouldn’t enter the war/ barred British and French
ships from American ports
IMPRESSMENT
 British forcing Americans into their Navy
 “Coin in the hand”
JAY’S TREATY
 John Jay sent to make an agreement
 British would leave American soil, but didn’t say
anything about impressment and bullying
 Barely passed
PINCKNEY’S TREATY
 w/ Spain 1795
 Spain thought we would work with Britain against
them
 Pinckney set them straight and
 Gained trading rights on the Mississippi and New
Orleans
WASHINGTON’S FAREWELL
 No third term
 Political Parties are bad…
 Stay neutral…avoid permanent alliances
Text answers
 Reading check 262 – Why did some Americans want
to form an alliance with France?

To help defeat the British, Spanish, and Native Americans in
the West
 Reading check pg 263 – What was the significance of
Jay’s Treaty?

The British agreed to withdraw from American soil. Because
the treaty did not address trade issues or impressment, few
Americans approved of it.
#2
 What did Washington’s actions in crushing the
Whiskey Rebellion signify to the country?

That the government would use force if necessary to maintain
order
#3
 How did the British challenge U.S. neutrality in the
war between France and Britain?

By capturing American ships that traded with the French and
by forcing Americans into the British navy
#4
 Compare/contrast U.S. attitudes and actions toward
the Native Americans and U.S. actions in foreign
affairs.

Washington preferred to stay neutral in foreign conflicts, but
he sent armies to deal with Native American conflicts.
#5
 Cause/effect of Battle of Fallen Timbers
 Causes
British urged Native Americans’ to destroy American settlements
 Native Americans demanded that American settlers leave territory
 Washington sent army
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Effects:
crushed Native American hopes of keeping their land
 Treaty of Greenville gave most of present day Ohio to the U.S.
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#7
 What challenges did the United States face during
Washington’s administration?
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Whiskey Rebellion
Conflicts with Native Americans/British/Spanish
Trying to maintain neutrality with British/French