As the French Revolution began to shake the foundations of Europe, George Washington found himself stuck between the Federalists, who wanted to strengthen economic ties with Britain, and the Jeffersonians, who wanted to the United States to express solidarity with her sister republic in France. Caught between two extremes, Washington chose the middle path of neutrality. The Citizen Genet affair and the unpopular Jay treaty presented challenges to Washington's administration, while Pinckney's Treaty settled boundary and navigation disputes with Spain.
10. Neutrality
Proclamation
“Whereas it appears that
a state of war exists
between Austria,
Prussia, Sardinia, Great
Britain, and the United
Netherlands, of the one
part, and France on the
other...
1793
11. Neutrality
Proclamation
1793
“The duty and interest of
the United States require,
that they should with
sincerity and good faith
adopt and pursue a
conduct friendly and
impartial toward the
belligerent Powers...”
17. Hamilton
Jefferson
You’re right.
He has to be
dismissed.
Citizen Genet’s lack of regard
for diplomatic protocol resulted
in a rare agreement between
Jefferson and Hamilton.
29. • Settled West Florida Boundary
• Free navigation of the Mississippi R.
• Right of Deposit (New Orleans)
Thomas Pinckney
(SC)
Pinckney’s Treaty 1795
36. TWO TERM PRECEDENT
Photo by rogerblake2
The Twenty-second
Amendment (1951)
made Washington’s
precedent official.
37. Jeffersonian Ideas WASHINGTON Hamiltonian Ideas
UNION
Sectionalism
Political Parties
Excessive Debt
Virtue
(Religion and Morality)
Consolidation of
Power
Neutrality
Washington’s Farewell Address