Chapter 9 Section 2 Early Challenges Reading Objectives: (Can you do this after reading the section?) -Identify and analyze the challenges on the frontier that the new government faced -Analyze and explain American relations with European nations under Washington and Adams Important Terms Impressment Whiskey Rebellion The Jay Treaty Pinckney Treaty Important People George Washington John Jay Edmond Genet Trouble in the New Nation 1. What were the three major problems facing Washington as he took over the presidency? 1. Britain and France were pressuring the US to get involved in their ongoing war. 2.________________________________________________________________ 3._________________________________________________________________ The Whiskey Rebellion 1. What product made in the United States was taxed?_____________________________- 2. How did the farmers in Western PA show their displeasure about the tax? 1.___________________________________________________________ 2. Burned down buildings Chapter 9 Section 2 Early Challenges Problems with Europe What began in France in 1789? Their own revolution (against their king) What nation went to war with France in 1793? How did this conflict divide the United States? 1. Some Americans sided with France 2. What side did Washington want Americans to take? Chapter 9 Section 2 Early Challenges Washington Struggles to Stay Neutral What did French diplomat, Edmund Genet ask the Americans to do? 1. America getting involved in the war Washington’s Proclamation of Neutrality prohibited these two things 2. KEY TERM: IMPRESSMENT (define it) What did Britain give up in the Jay Treaty? How did Americans react when they heard word They were outraged and hated it. of the Jay Treaty? Pinckney’s Treaty With Spain 1. What did Thomas Pinckney’s 1795 treaty with Spain give the United States: ______________________________________________________________________________________ Washington Leaves Office 1. What did Washington tell Americans to steer clear of in his farewell address: _________________________________________ 2. What else did Washington see as threat to the young nation: __________________________________ Chapter 9 Section 2 Early Challenges.