Monday, December 17, 2007
Avoiding War
Listen up. I’ll keep this short and to the point. The shadow of war hovered over the Jay Treaty in 1794. The United States was still fragile. President Washington did not want to risk another war with Great Britain. At the time of the treaty, Great Britain and France were waging war. Great Britain did not want the United States trading with France. As a result, they seized American ships bound for France.



