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Essay Archive - Jay's Treaty
Jay's Treaty
"If this country is preserved in tranquillity twenty years longer, it
may bid defiance in a just cause to any power whatever; such in that time will
be its popularity, wealth and resources," stated by George Washington in
response to demonstrators over the Jay Treaty. 1 Washington's remark was
regarding the public's uproar following the release of information on the status
of the discord with Great Britain. The people had just been informed of the
contents of the Jay Treaty which were: 1) Britain agreed to give up the fur
posts in American territory, 2....
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