JAY'S+TREATY

=__JAY'S TREATY__ by KailinT = ====Jay's Treaty was the agreement that ended dispute over American shipping during the French Revolution. John Jay made the Treaty. This Treaty benefited American Commerce and eased Anglo- American naval tensions. Jay's Treaty was between Great Britain and the United States. It was signed in 1794 and ratified in 1795. The Jay Treaty gave new rights to American shippers to trade with Britain and British colonies in the West Indies. It also won British agreement to repay American merchants for cargoes previously taken by the Royal Navy. At the same time, the US government committed itself to supporting British merchants' efforts to recover Revolutionary War-era debts owed to them by Americans. Jay's treaty divided the country, helping to reinforce the first partisan split in American politics. Commercial interests in the Northeast, increasingly organized as Federalists, backed the treaty, while planters in the South, increasingly supportive of Republicans, hated it.====

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