Remaining Neutral
John Adams
Remaining Neutral
• War between France and Britain
• Washington keeps US out of conflict
• The US will remain “friendly and
impartial” to both sides
Jay’s Treaty
• British began seizing American
cargoes on US ships
• John Jay is sent to meet with
the British
• Jay’s treaty
• Gets British to abandon their
forts in the Northwest
Territory
• Pay damages for seized
cargo
• Failed to open up the British
West Indies for trade
• Made the treaty unpopular
Pinckney’s Treaty
• Treaty with Spain
• Gave Americans free access to the
Mississippi River
• Allowed goods to be stored at the port of
New Orleans
• Changed the boundaries of Florida
John Adams
• Election of 1796
• Competition of Political Parties
• Federalist = John Adams
• Democratic-Republicans = Thomas Jefferson
• Adams wins
• Jefferson becomes vice president
• First president to govern from D.C.