Aresult of the jay treaty was that it caused division in the united states over foreign policy. created stronger economic ties with france. showed the united states could stay neutral in foreign affairs. showed the united states was unaffected by events in europe.

A result of Jay treaty was that it caused a division in the United States over foreign policy.

The representatives of the United States and the Great Britain signed Jay’s treaty on November 19, 1794.

Further Explanation

This treaty was to settled the issues that are left to be resolved since American independence.  

Although, the American were not comfortable with the treaty but the treaty helped in maintaining peace and the neutrality of the United States.  

After the revolutionary war, there are Key three issues that created tensions between the United States and the Great Britain. The goods exported from the Britain flooded the US markets while British trade tariff and restrictions blocked US exports.

The British occupation of northern forts that the great Britain agreed to vacate when the treaty of Paris was signed in 1783, including repeated attacks on Native American also make Americans to be very upset. Also Britain’s seizure of military supplies and the naval including the impressments of US sailors caused the United States and the Great Britain to brink of war. This occurred in the late 1770s.

The US was not ready to go war with Britain, hence why the United States President Washington agreed to implement jay’s treaty. Issues agreed in the treaty was that, the US will be allowed to trade with West Indies, the British would vacate the Ohio valley and committee would be set up to address the issues of ship that were captured illegally. Also part of the treaty was that the Britain would pay for damages for ships illegally captured.  

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