Transcript Chapter 12 Foreign Affairs in the young nation

Pgs. 159 - 171
Set
principles used to guide the US
in future dealings with other
countries
Great Seal of the US – used to mark
their approval of important
documents ($1)
Represents founders hopes and
dreams
Bald eagle – represents national
power
Olive Branch – represents peace
No
army – not enough money to keep
one and didn’t want it used to take
rights away
Threats: North – Britain
Threats: South and West – Spain
Policy of Neutrality – would not aid
France or Britain in war against each
other
Isolationism – avoiding alliances
Jay
Treaty – British agreed to pull
troops from Ohio Valley, French
thought this as betrayal and
attacked US ships
XYZ Affair – French secret agents
met US reps said no peace talks
unless give large sum of $
Americans very upset
Recruited troops and built more
ships
Gained Adams popularity
President
sent peace mission
Napoleon Bonaparte – taken over
France, wants peace with US and
Britain and end the alliance
Choosing peace cost Adams
popularity
Federalists lost support
Adams left nation at peace with no
alliances
 What
did the Great Seal represent?
 What did the olive branch stand for?
 What did the bald eagle stand where?
 Where can you find the Great Seal?
 Who were threats to the US?
 What were the 2 foreign policies Washington
created?
 What was the Jay Treaty?
 What was the XYZ Affair?
 Who took over France and wanted peace with
US?
 France
and Britain seized US ships if traded with
their enemy
 Jefferson tried to remain neutral
 Britain began kidnapping US sailors to join their
army
 Piracy in the Barbary Coast of North Africa
 America quietly paid them in exchange for
safety of ships
 Tripoli wanted more money so declared war on
the US
 Sent
small fleet to Mediterranean to protect
ships
 Bombarded ships with cannons
 Tripoli captured the captain and crew of the
Philadelphia and held them for ransom
 America raided Tripoli harbor and set ship on fire
 Tripoli signed peace treaty with US – agreed to
stop payments and US paid $60,000 ransom
 Embargo Act of 1807 – stopped trade with other
nations to hurt them, more painful to US,
repealed in 1809
 New
President – James Madison
 New approach to protecting US at sea
 Deal – stop attacking ships, US will stop trade
with your enemy
 France agreed to deal, Britain kept taking ships
 South and West wanted war to stop Americans
being kidnapped and get rid of the British in
Canada
 British military provided weapons to Indians
 Americans wanted to end Indian threat
 “War Hawks” – eager for war
 Declared
war on Britain, unprepared
 America could not conquer Canada
 Made west safer for settlers
 British invaded DC, burned the city, president’s
house gone
 Baltimore – heavy bombing from Britain
 Francis Scott Key – wrote poem “The StarSpangled Banner” to describe feelings knowing
American flag was still flying
 New Orleans – British invaded, Andrew Jackson
and army won, national hero, unnecessary battle
 Treaty of Ghent – ended war before New Orleans
 Francis
Scott Key – wrote poem “The StarSpangled Banner” to describe feelings
knowing American flag was still flying
 New Orleans – British invaded, Andrew
Jackson and army won, national hero,
unnecessary battle
 Treaty of Ghent – ended war before New
Orleans
 President
– James Monroe
 Mexico and South America wanted freedom
from Spain
 Miguel Hidalgo – inspired 10 year revolution
 Won independence
 Latin America could now trade with other
countries
 Britain supported revolution, wanted US to
help them make sure Spain left Latin America
alone
 Any
nation in North or South America could
not be taken by Europeans
 Thought doctrine was arrogant
 Created isolationism as US Foreign Policy
 We would not tolerate anything from Europe
 US no longer weak, became strong and
confident nation to be respected
 What
piracy dilemma did the US face?
 What happened on the Philadelphia?
 What was the Embargo Act of 1807?
 What cities did Britain invade in the War of
1812?
 Who wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner?”
 Why did Latin America revolt against Spain?
 What was the Monroe Doctrine?
 What was the US Foreign Policy?