The First Coalition's war with France, from…
November 1794 CE
The First Coalition's war with France, from the British perspective, has necessitated improving relations with the United States to prevent the United States from falling into the French orbit.
From the American viewpoint, the most pressing foreign policy issues are normalizing the trade relations with Britain, the United States' leading trading partner, and resolving issues left over from the Treaty of Paris of 1783.
Throughout 1793–94, the British Navy has captured hundreds of neutral American merchant ships, and British officials in Canada are supporting Indian tribes fighting American settlers in the Ohio River Valley, territory which Britain had explicitly ceded to the United States in the Treaty of Paris.
Congress has voted for a trade embargo against Britain for two months.
Hamilton and the Federalists favor Britain over France, and they seek to normalize relations with Britain.
Hamilton designs the plan for a treaty and President George Washington has sent Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Jay to London to negotiate a comprehensive treaty, which is signed by both parties on signed on November 19, 1794.
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