Reteaching Activity 8-2

1. Reteaching Activity 8-2 Chapter 8 Early Challenges

2. Whiskey Rebellion • 1. Farmers in western Pennsylvania were upset because they were being taxed on the whiskey they made from their surplus corn • 2. Attacks on tax collectors • 3. Government responds with show of force

3. Western United States • Battle of Fallen Timbers • Gen. Anthony Wayne defeated Blue jacket and 800 Indians here • Treaty of Greenville • Native Americans agreed to give present day Ohio to the U.S. • Gen. Arthur St. Clair • U.S. General sent to NW territory to restore order • Shawnee Chief Blue Jacket • Indian leader that was defeated at Battle of Fallen Timbers

4. French & British Relations • Edmond Genet • French diplomat sent to the U.S. to recruit American volunteers to attack British ships • Jay’s Treaty • British agreed to withdraw from American soil, pay damages for ships they had seized, pay debt from before 1776, allow U.S. to trade in the Caribbean

5. British & French Relations cont. • Impressment of American citizens • British ships stopped American merchant ships and forced the sailors into the British navy. • Proclamation of Neutrality • President Washington issued this to stop Americans from fighting in the war and barred British and French ships from American ports.

6. Washington’s Farewell • Influenced American foreign policy • Avoid “permanent alliances” • “observe good faith and justice toward all nations” • He was against political parties

7. Pinckney’s Treaty • Why was it significant to the U.S.? • The Spanish gave Americans free navigation of the Mississippi River and the right to trade at New Orleans

8. Jay’s Treaty • Why were some Americans unhappy with the treaty? • Because it did not address British impressment of American citizens or British interference with American trade