Foreign and Domestic Crises

During the Washington and Adams administrations, Federalists and Democratic-Republicans clashed over numerous foreign matters.

The Citizen Genêt Affair threatened American neutrality during the French Revolutionary Wars.

Jay's Treaty intended to relieve post-war tensions between Britain and the United States and represented a Federalist strategy to avoid war.

Pinckney's Treaty between Spain and the United States defined the boundaries of the Spanish colonies of West and East Florida.

The Northwest Indian War (1785–1795) led to further expansion of the United States into American Indian territory.