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Washington's Inauguration
-inaugurated as president of the US in Federal Hall in New York City. -
Proclamation of Neutrality
-stated that America wouldn’t get involved in the war between France and Britain
~helped them develop their country, as it was new, without having to worry about war and invasions
~many people were upset and many reactions were triggered, but this was for the good of the nation because it prevented the ruin of our fragile country
~established George Washington’s view about avoiding alliances -
Jay's Treaty Signed
-Washington appointed John Jay to be a special envoy to Britain and he created the Jay’s Treaty
-Treaty included: British pay for the damage to American ships
British would abandon their forts in the Northwest Territory
America would pay back our debts to Britain
~encouraged Britain to respect the U.S.
~expanded our country and allowed us tocontinue moving west without fear of a devastating attack -
Pinckney's Treaty Signed
-treaty between America and Spain
-settled border dispute between the US and Spanish Florida
-reopened the New Orleans port to the US
-Spain agreed to stop support of Native Americans
~avoided potential conflict with Spain
~easily take over NA territory -
Washington's Farewell Address
-don't involve in foreign affairs***
-don't make political parties
-don't fall into debt
-all three were violated sooner or later but the first two were violated in the next presidency -
John Adams' Inauguration
-Held in the House of Representatives Chamber of Congress Hall
-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -
XYZ Affair
-3 diplomats negotiated with France to make them stop attacking American ships
-French representatives demanded a bribe, and our diplomats refused
~America was angry at being treated disrespectfully
~like Washington because both didn't want to create a relationship with foreign countries
~like Washington because Adams tried to make a treaty to protect the US from war -
Alien and sedition acts
-The Sedition Act made it illegal to criticize the government in times of crisis
-The Alien Act gave the government permission escort suspicious foreigners out of the US
-Aliens also had to wait 14 years to become citizens. It used to be 5 years
~violated 1st amendment which angered American citizens
~different than what Washington would have done
~Washington supported the idea of freedom, and even lead a war for it, and wouldn't have violated the Constituion or Bill of Rights -
Peace Negotiations with France
-After the XYZ affair, many Americans wanted to go to war
-Adams opposed war with France and created Treaty of Mortefontaine to end hostility with France
-Adams became unpopular because of his decision
~but they didn't listen to him and tarted the Quasi-War
~like Washington because he didn't want to go to war -
Kennedy Inauguration
-Kennedy was inagurated as the 35th president -
Bay of Pigs
-unsuccessful invasion of Cuba during the Cold War, which the United States guided the Cuban refugees
-the purpose was to overthrow Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.
~complete failure and it never "freed" Cuba
~showed that we didn't support communism
~opposes Washington’s policy of neutrality in global affairs because the US promises to fight communism in the western hemisphere -
Kennedy Sends Military Advisors to Vietnam
-in order to deal with the conflicts in Vietnam, Kennedy sent military advisors there.
-later, he sent the special forces in 1961, an elite army group, to train the Vietnamese in warfare
~he never called these troops back
~different from Washington's opinion that we should not involve ourselves in wars but Kennedy did it anyway -
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1963
-Kennedy made an agreement with Great Britain and the Soviet Union to ban nuclear testing
~success by the US to engage in constructive negotiations with the Soviet Union
~Cold War tensions between US and the Soviet Union would reduce
~this pact was to hold strong for a long time.
~similar to the XYZ Affair because both policies had established an agreement between countries through negotiation -
JFK Assassination
-he was shot as he was in his car in the motorcade
-he was rushed to the hospital but nothing could be done -
Space Race
-we felt that we were behind in Space Race
-so JFK asked Congress to fund NASA so we could put a man on the moon
~fueled our desire for more exploration even if it was after JFK died
~we never stopped our thirst for more and NASA still stands in the US today
~the space race causes a lot of animosity towards the Soviet Union ~Washington wouldn’t have wanted us to develop this hatred
~like Dwight D. Eisenhower, who created NASA and also wanted to compete in the space race.
