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"Our true policy is to steer clear of permanent
alliances . . . . - George Washington
President Washington made this statement to warn
against United States involvement in
1.European military conflicts
2.international trade
3.the race for overseas colonies
4.westward expansion
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Regent Question – www.regentsprep.org
"Our true policy is to steer clear of permanent
alliances . . . . - George Washington
President Washington made this statement to warn
against United States involvement in
1.European military conflicts
2.international trade
3.the race for overseas colonies
4.westward expansion
How did the United States
handle Foreign Affairs after the
War of 1812?
Rush Bagot Agreement – 1817
• Treaty between the
U.S. & Britain
• Naval disarmament on
the Great Lakes –
extended along
borders between the
U. S. & Canada
• SIGNIFICANCE –Britain
treated the U.S. as
equal – mutual trust
and understanding
Convention of 1818 (Treaty Line of 1818)
• Fixed the boundary line between the U.S. & Canada – 49th
parallel
• Britain & the U.S. jointly occupied the Oregon Country
• Shared fishing rights off the coast of Newfoundland
Seminole War – 1818
• Florida – Spanish
Territory
• Seminoles/runaway
slaves/white outlaws
raiding United States
territory
• General Andrew Jackson
(left) ordered to stop
raids by natives using
any means whatsoever
• Jackson captured
Pensacola, FL
• Spanish too weak to
fight
Seminole Warrior
Adams-Onis Treaty 1819
(Transcontinental Treaty)
• Purchase of Florida
• Bought by the United
States for $5 million
• Spain turned over:
 West Florida
 Claims in Oregon
Country
• U.S. turned over
claims to the Spanish
province of Texas