Foreign Policies
under
George Washington
Neutrality Proclamation of 1793

Britain enters conflict
against France

Washington was being
pulled
– Federalists  Britain
– Democratic Republicans 
France

Neutrality Proclamation of
1793
– Official Neutrality
– Warning to Americans to
stay neutral
– Established Policy of
Isolationists
Edmond Genet

Young French Rep. came to
the US

Felt Neutrality did not truly
reflect American opinion

Outfitted privateers to free
Spanish held FL, Louisiana,
British Canada

Washington asked him to
leave
British Aggression

British posts in West
encouraged Native
attacks, wouldn’t leave
forts, monopolized fur
trades
– Battle of Fallen Timbers

British efforts to starve
out French West Indies
seized American Ships
Jay’s Treaty of 1794

Chief of Justice John Jay sent to
Britain to negotiate

Treaty Provisions
– GB promised to evacuate posts
– GB consented to pay damages, but
did not pledge future stopping of
seizures or impressments
– Debts from Revolutionary War must
be repaid to GB
– GB can continue fur trade
Pinckney’s Treaty of 1795

Spain worried of an
Anglo-American alliance
moved for a treaty

Free Navigation of
Mississippi

Gave US territory over
Florida that had been
disputed since Rev. War