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Proclamation of Neturality
The Proclamation of Neturality came into exsistance in May of 1793 when President Washington declared The United States netural from any outside nations battles. The leading event that lead to Washington's decision was an occuring battle between France and Great Britain when President Washington took a stand between the two conflicting nations and remained netural, thus creating the Proclamation of Neturality. -
The X,Y,Z Affair
The X,Y,Z Affair was a political and diplomatic episode that occured during 1797 and 1798. With ongoing issues between the United States and France, President Adams looked to end the tension as he sent two American diplomats to meet with French officals. However, the French foreign minister sent three agents known as X,Y and Z to demand a payment from the American diplomats before French officals would agree to meet with the Americans.The Americans were angered and saw it as an act of bribery. -
Convention of 1800
Because of the events surrounding the X,Y,Z Affair, both the United States and France wanted the incident to beb buried and forgotten of, thus The Convention of 1800 also known as The Treaty of Mortefontaine was created as a treaty between the United States and France to settle the hostilites.Since both parties had the same goal in mind, the Convention of 1800 resulted in a peaceful cessation of the alliance between the two countries. -
President Jefferson's Lousiana Purchase
In the year of 1803, President Jefferson made a major impact on American Foreign Policy as he purchased the Louisiana Territory from Napolean of France.The $15 Million Purchase in contract actually doubled the United States. -
The Embargo Act
The Embargo Act made illegal any and all exports from the United States. It was sponsored by President Thomas Jefferson and enacted by Congress. The goal was to force Britain and France to respect American rights during the Napoleonic Wars. They were engaged in a major war; the U.S. wanted to remain neutral and trade with both sides, but neither side wanted the other to have the American supplies. The American goal was to use economic coercion to avoid war, and punish Britain. -
The War of 1812
The War of 1812 was a military conflict, lasting for two and a half years, fought by the United States of America against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, its North American colonies, and its Native American allies. Seen by the United States and Canada as a war in its own right, it is frequently seen in Europe as a theatre of the Napoleonic Wars, as it was caused by issues related to that war The war resolved many issues which remained from the American Revolutionary War. -
Treaty of Ghent
was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain. The treaty restored relations between the two nations to status quo ante bellum — that is, it restored the borders of the two countries to the lines before the war started in June 1812. -
Monroe Doctorine
The Monroe Doctrine was a U.S. foreign policy regarding domination of the American continent in 1823. It stated that further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression, requiring U.S. intervention
