Conflicts at Home and Abroad

A) Problems West of the Appalachians

A) Problems West of the Appalachians

• 1) Congress placed an excise tax upon whiskey, meaning that all whiskey would be taxed

A) Problems West of the Appalachians

• 1) Congress placed an excise tax upon whiskey, meaning that all whiskey would be taxed– a) excise tax – a tax on the production and sale

of a certain product

A) Problems West of the Appalachians

• 1) Congress placed an excise tax upon whiskey, meaning that all whiskey would be taxed– a) excise tax – a tax on the production and sale

of a certain product

• 2) farmers did not like this because they often used whiskey instead of cash

A) Problems West of the Appalachians

• 3) Congress realized this and lowered the tax, resulting in most farmers paying the tax

A) Problems West of the Appalachians

• 3) Congress realized this and lowered the tax, resulting in most farmers paying the tax– a) a few “Whiskey Boys” still refused and

terrorized those who did pay

A) Problems West of the Appalachians

• 3) Congress realized this and lowered the tax, resulting in most farmers paying the tax– a) a few “Whiskey Boys” still refused and

terrorized those who did pay– b) Washington led troops (13,000) to stop the

Whiskey Boys, insisting that he was protecting the “supreme law of the land”

B) Conflicts over Indian Lands

B) Conflicts over Indian Lands

• 1) Natives had claimed all land north of the Ohio River, all land to the South was the U.S.

Natives’ Land

United States

B) Conflicts over Indian Lands

• 1) Natives had claimed all land north of the Ohio River, all land to the South was the U.S.

• 2) The U.S. ignored this, and allowed settlers to move in and the natives attacked and killed many of the settlers

United States’ Land

B) Conflicts over Indian Lands

• 1) Natives had claimed all land north of the Ohio River, all land to the South was the U.S.

• 2) The U.S. ignored this, and allowed settlers to move in and the natives attacked and killed many of the settlers

• 3) Washington sent in troops, and the natives defeated them, killing 900

C) “Mad Anthony” Wayne

• 1) GW appointed Wayne to train troops and fight the natives

C) “Mad Anthony” Wayne

• 1) GW appointed Wayne to train troops and fight the natives

• 2) The two sides met at the Battle of Fallen Timbers

C) “Mad Anthony” Wayne

• 1) GW appointed Wayne to train troops and fight the natives

• 2) The two sides met at the Battle of Fallen Timbers– a) a storm has knocked down numerous trees

C) “Mad Anthony” Wayne

• 1) GW appointed Wayne to train troops and fight the natives

• 2) The two sides met at the Battle of Fallen Timbers– a) a storm has knocked down numerous trees– b) the Natives fortified themselves and waited

for Wayne, who didn’t show

C) “Mad Anthony” Wayne

• 1) GW appointed Wayne to train troops and fight the natives

• 2) The two sides met at the Battle of Fallen Timbers– a) a storm has knocked down numerous trees– b) the Natives fortified themselves and waited

for Wayne, who didn’t show– c) many of the natives left, and finally Wayne

arrived and easily defeated them

C) “Mad Anthony” Wayne

• 3) The natives were forced to sign the Treaty of Greenville of 1795

D) Conflict with Britain

D) Conflict with Britain

• 1) England kept many of its forts

D) Conflict with Britain

• 1) England kept many of its forts

• 2) encouraged the natives to attack settlers

D) Conflict with Britain

• 1) England kept many of its forts

• 2) encouraged the natives to attack settlers

• 3) Were attacking our ships at sea, and impressed our sailors

D) Conflict with Britain

• 1) England kept many of its forts

• 2) encouraged the natives to attack settlers

• 3) Were attacking our ships at sea, and impressed our sailors– a) impressment – forced to work for another

country

F) Jay’s Treaty

• 1) John Jay worked out a deal with England:

F) Jay’s Treaty

• 1) John Jay worked out a deal with England:– a) England gave up their forts

F) Jay’s Treaty

• 1) John Jay worked out a deal with England:– a) England gave up their forts– b) however, they did not stop attacking ships– c) most people of the US were outraged at Jay

G) Pickney’s Treaty

• 1) negotiated a treaty with Spain that allowed the use of New Orleans as a port

G) Pickney’s Treaty

• 1) negotiated a treaty with Spain that allowed the use of New Orleans as a port

• 2) Americans generally liked this treaty

H) Washington Retires

• 1) Washington as president had:

H) Washington Retires

• 1) Washington as president had:– a) kept the nation out of war

H) Washington Retires

• 1) Washington as president had:– a) kept the nation out of war– b) got us out of debt

H) Washington Retires

• 1) Washington as president had:– a) kept the nation out of war– b) got us out of debt– c) steered us through a difficult time

H) Washington Retires

• 1) Washington as president had:– a) kept the nation out of war– b) got us out of debt– c) steered us through a difficult time– d) established how a president should act

H) Washington Retires

• 2) Washington’s Farewell Address warned of two threats to the nation

H) Washington Retires

• 2) Washington’s Farewell Address warned of two threats to the nation– a) Fighting among the parties of the nation

H) Washington Retires

• 2) Washington’s Farewell Address warned of two threats to the nation– a) Fighting among the parties of the nation– b) to steer clear of foreign alliances and

involvement