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The Proclamation of Neutrality was created by Washington which declared that America wouldn't assist the French because he argued that America weren't strong enough for an international war with European powerhouses.

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They Jay Treaty regulated commerce and navigation between the United States and Great Britain

Washington was trying to pursue closer relations with the British at the expense of close ties with France.

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The Jay Treaty and Treaty of Greenville gave the federal government much mire land. The Public Land Act (1796) encouraged the selling of this new land by selling it all for reasonable prices. This lead to the establishment of new states; Vermont (1791), Kentucky (1792), and Tennessee (1796).

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The Pinckney Treaty established a mutual agreement between America and Spain. Thomas Pinckney (U.S minister to Spain) negotiated a deal where Spain would allow American ships to navigate on the Mississippi River and free transport of New Orleans for American trade.

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Alexander Hamilton was appointed the Secretary of Treasury by President Washington. He was tasked with stabilizing the U.S.'s economy and finances. Hamilton proposed a plan in which national debt would be paid, taxes would be imposed, and a national bank would be established with an official U.S. currency.

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As settlers moved westward into the Ohio Valley the Indians became even more worried about the threat of their land being taken from them. They formed the Northwest Confederacy which consisted of tribes including the Shawnee, Delaware, Iroquois, and Others under the Chief Little Turtle. Numerous bloody battles were fought and Americans started to become frightened. In 1794 the U.S. Army defeated the Confederacy tribes ( Battle of Fallen Timbers). Treaty of Greenville- Confederacy surrendered the Ohio Territory.

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Trying to establish more credit and make more money for the U.S. economy, Hamilton persuaded the congress to pass a tax on whiskey. Farmers in Pennsylvania boycotted the tax and attacked tax collectors. Washington responded by showing force and militarized 15,000 state militiamen men.

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Divide in American politics began over the dispute of the ratification of the American Constitution. This split American into two parties the Federalists and the Democratic Republicans.
~Federalists
Hamilton
Stronger in Northern States
Growth of federal power
~Democratic Rebublicans (Anti-Federalists)
Thomas Jefferson
Strongest in the south and west
States Rights

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The state of Massachusetts, specifically the farmers, were highly taxed. Captain Daniel Shays, a Revolutionary War Veteran and farmer, led an uprising against the high state taxes and imprisonment for debt. Washington sent 15,000 troops to Massachusetts to stop the rebellion.

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The working class and peasants of France revolted against King Louis XVI because he imposed taxes among everyone in the land until they were bankrupt; he allowed his people to starve and suffer while he lived in luxury with his wife, Marie Antoinette. Washington was making economic ties with Great Britain during this time instead of assisting the French when they needed them the most!