In 1794, George Washington suppressed the Whiskey Rebellion (when Pennsylvania farmers attacked federal officials after an excise tax was imposed in 1791, on whiskey) by invoking the power of the ...

When George Washington became the first president of ... When the Senate in 1795 ratified the Jay Treaty with Britain except for a provision relating to trade, Washington signed the treaty subject ...

Against heavy odds, Washington outmaneuvered British forces to lead the ... he issued a Proclamation of Neutrality in 1793. In 1795, the Jay Treaty strengthened American economic ties with Britain and ...

President George Washington signed the Judiciary Act into ... However, what came to be called the Jay Treaty was extremely controversial in the U.S. with opposing political leaders and newspaper ...