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The Foreign Policy of the Federalists Contrived
In this chapter Gordy traces partisan conflict in the 1790s over France and Britain, showing Washington and Hamilton steering a nationalist course while Republicans push for France. It details Genet’s actions, British coercion, Jay’s treaty terms, and the domestic uproar over ratification and war avoidance, underscoring intense party passions and the treaty’s reception.
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Hamilinton
France
England
America
Great Britain
United States
Washington
Hamilton
Federalists
Madison
Genet
Florida
New Orleans
Duplaine
Boston
Kentucky
Ohio
Lord Dorchester
Hammon
John Adams
John Jay
Federalist
Adams
Jay
Congress
Senate
Lord Granville
Michilimackinac
Detroit
Fort Erie
Oswego
Niagara
Granville
Philadelphia
House of Representatives
Edmund Randolph
Jefferson