Study GuideU.S. History I–Challenges for a New Nation1 Foreign Policy ChallengesAfter gaining independence, the United States faced manyforeign policy problems. Some wereleftover issues from the Revolutionary War, and others came from new political challenges.•Britainhad promised to leave frontier forts but kept troops there for over ten years.•Native Americanslooked for alliances with Britain and Spain to stop American settlers frommoving west.•Francehad entered wars in Europe after its revolution, testing America’s ability to remainneutral.1.1Conflicts on the FrontierWhenGeorge Washingtonbecame president, one urgent problem was fighting between settlers andNative Americans in theOhio Valley.•American military campaigns in 1790 and 1791against theMiami Confederacy(eightwestern tribes) failed.•For the third campaign, Washington sentGeneral Anthony Wayne, a Revolutionary Warveteran known for careful planning.Wayne’s well-trained army, over2,000 men strong, defeated the tribes at theBattle of FallenTimbersin August 1794.•TheTreaty of Greenvillefollowed, with twelve tribes giving up almost all ofOhio, parts ofIndiana, and land for sixteen trading posts.•Native American resistance in the Northwest Territory largely ended for abouttwenty years.The Southeast TribesIn thesoutheast, relations were different. Washington negotiatedpeacefullywith theCherokee,Creek, and Choctaw.•Creek Chief Alexander McGillivraytried to use Spain against the U.S., but Washington stillreached an agreement.•TheTreaty of New York (1790)guaranteed the Creek’s land rights and restored lands to theChickasaw and Choctaw.Preview Mode
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