What was the us foreign policy from 1783-1823?

Answer 1

George Washington's Foreign Policy: Although United States had established peace from Great Britain from The Treaty of Paris of 1783 it was still unstable. Washington worked towards gaining the United States Stability. Washington sent Thomas Pinckney to talk to Spain in order for the United States to be able to sent ships to the Mississippi river, which was south of the border created by the Treaty of Paris. Once Pinckney returned, he had accomplished to create a treaty that allowed the U.S. the right to use the Mississippi river and the right to drop off items at New Orleans. During this time, John Jay was sent to talk to the British. Great Britain had stated that it would not obey the Treaty of Paris until the United States paid all of its debts to Britain. Jay returned with a Jay Treaty, which stated that British agreed to leave the post, but U.S. ships were not allowed to trade for sugar or molasses with the West Indies. Washington wanted to avoid war with Great Britain to all extent. He denied the French help during the French Revolution. By avoiding war, Washington was able to make the U.S. government grow strong and obtain stability.

John Adams' Foreign Policy: Adams followed the guidelines of Washington by avoiding war at all means. The French aided the United States in 1778 with a victory over Great Britain during the Revolutionary War. By this happening, the U.S. promised to only make treaties that have been approved by France. Since the French had helped the U.S. with the Revolutionary war, they expected help from the U.S. After the Jay treaty, in 1797, French began attacking U.S. ships on the sea. In order to try and prevent war, Adams sent commissioners to France to gain peace. The commissioners were denied the right to go and speak with the Foreign Minister, and had to go back home without any negations. Adams then sent an envoy to France and finally gained peace on September 30th 1800. Although Adams was able to prevent the first American War, he was seen as too liberal because of the fact that he didn't aide France with their Revolutionary war.

Thomas Jefferson's Foreign Policy: During Jefferson's time in office, France declared war on Europe while Britain declared war on France. Having all of this war, the amount of trade was lowering which caused oppression on the United States. Napoleon created a blockade of Great Britain, and then Great Britain created a blockade of Europe. These blockades were not very sufficient, but during the process 1500 American ships were abducted and the sailors were forced into the British navy. From this happening, Jefferson ordered the Embargo Act, which ended the trading with foreign countries from U.S. merchants. This act was used in order to keep the U.S. out of war by keeping American ships away from the blockades. This act was not obeyed entirely because many Americans would smuggle goods to different ports. In 1809, the act was discarded but was then replaced by the Non-Intercourse Act, which stated that Americans could trade with foreign nations other then the nations in Europe. This act still failed to keep American ships out of the European ports.

James Madison's Foreign Policy: The war of 1812 began to break out between Great Britain and American. America was trying to gain more land into Canada. The first battle was at the United States and Canada border. The winner was unknown until British attacked Washington D.C. and burned it to the ground. At this time, Francis Scott Key was inspired to write the beginning of the Star Spangled Banner at Fort McHenry. The ending of the war was still unknown. The Treaty of Ghent was signed in 1816, which didn't give any peace, or change in land. The only victory that came out of this battle was the fact that Europe realized that the United States was officially an established country on its own.

Jame's Monroe's Foreign Policy: During Monroe's time in office, Europe remained passive, which allowed Monroe to not have to worry about Europe. America was now looking into expanding its boarders because of the fact that it was constantly growing and needed more room for creation. In 1818, the army, led by Andrew Jackson had pushed Indians deep into Florida. Since Jackson had taken the Pensacola, Monroe then had no choice but to incorporate it as part the United States. He sent to messengers to Europe in 1819 and created an agreement with Spain. America was bought for $5 million, and gave up any claims to the Mexican territory. A Spanish line was created between Spanish Mexico and the Louisiana Territory. This created Monroe to realize how powerful the American army really was. Monroe created a new foreign policy in the Union Address to Congress in 1823, which ended more colonization of nations in South and Central Americas. Then, Monroe also stated that if Europe where to try and create a colony in these locations, actions would be taken to end the creation of their colony.