The Jay Treaty Debate, Public Opinion, and the Evolution of Early American Political Culture
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The Jay Treaty Debate, Public Opinion, and the Evolution of Early American Political Culture
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Examines the changing role of popular politics in the early republicDuring the mid-1790s, citizens of the newly formed United Statesbecame embroiled in a divisive debate over a proposed commercialtreaty with Great Britain. Long regarded as a pivotal event in the historyof the early republic, the controversy pitted protreaty Federalistsagainst anti-treaty Jeffersonian Republicans. Yet as Todd Estes arguesin this perceptive study, the year-long debate over the ratification of theJay Treaty represented more than a clash over foreign policy betweentwo nascent political parties.
- Author: Todd Estes
- Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Press
- Published: 2006
- Pages: 286