P - British Impressment, Ship Seizure, and Jay's Treaty by Craig Fleishman https://padlet.com/cfleishman/k1f4vtwl7t9f US Brink of War with Britain 1793-1795 (Pinckney's Treaty too) en-us 2017-11-03 17:18:51 UTC 2025-10-01 15:39:44 UTC hello@padlet.com Reasons for Ship Seizure https://padlet.com/cfleishman/k1f4vtwl7t9f/wish/203408220 America wants England to surrender some posts on the U S southern frontier; England wants America to stop selling grain to the French. ]]> 2017-11-03 17:38:17 UTC https://padlet.com/cfleishman/k1f4vtwl7t9f/wish/203408220 British Impressment https://padlet.com/cfleishman/k1f4vtwl7t9f/wish/203408327 The British navy suffered constant shortages of manpower, so they resorted to ransacking American ships at sea and taking their crew members and supplies. This practice was not against British law, and ship captains did not care whether the people they impressed were foreigners or not. Over 15,000 American sailors were impressed between 1793 and 1812, and it would be one of the reasons when the US declared war on Britain in 1812.

]]> 2017-11-03 17:38:29 UTC https://padlet.com/cfleishman/k1f4vtwl7t9f/wish/203408327 Primary Source Jay's Treaty https://padlet.com/cfleishman/k1f4vtwl7t9f/wish/203409726 http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/jay.asphttp://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/jay.asp]]> 2017-11-03 17:40:49 UTC https://padlet.com/cfleishman/k1f4vtwl7t9f/wish/203409726 What was the purpose of the Treaty? https://padlet.com/cfleishman/k1f4vtwl7t9f/wish/203410324 The purpose of Jay's Treaty was to assure US neutrality in the French Revolution and to preserve relations between the US and Great Britain.

]]> 2017-11-03 17:42:02 UTC https://padlet.com/cfleishman/k1f4vtwl7t9f/wish/203410324 Ships seized by Great Britain https://padlet.com/cfleishman/k1f4vtwl7t9f/wish/203412711 Great Britain captured ships from many different countries. From America, they captured ships such as Adolph and James. From the French, Great Britain capture the 38 gun Minerve, the 74 gun Liberte, and many others. ]]> 2017-11-03 17:47:09 UTC https://padlet.com/cfleishman/k1f4vtwl7t9f/wish/203412711 What did the Treaty actually accomplish? https://padlet.com/cfleishman/k1f4vtwl7t9f/wish/203413074 The Treaty was poorly negotiated by Jay and Britain was heavily favored in the final treaty. There was not much change on the United States side but they still reached peace with Britain.

]]> 2017-11-03 17:47:58 UTC https://padlet.com/cfleishman/k1f4vtwl7t9f/wish/203413074 Reaction to the Treaty https://padlet.com/cfleishman/k1f4vtwl7t9f/wish/203413923 The Treaty was extremely unpopular in the public but passed in the Senate by a 20-10 vote and was ratified by George Washington.
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