Jay's Treaty

Jay’s Treaty Jay’s Treaty official name is the “Treaty of Amity Commerce and Navigation” this treaty was actually negotiated by the Supreme Court Chief Justice John Jay during the time of November, the specific date was November 19, 1794. John Jay signed this treaty between the United States and Great Britain. The Jay’s Treaty was created because of the tension between the two countries had risen since the end of the Revolutionary War. This treaty was extremely controversial, although the treaty was passed by a narrow margin in both the Senate and the House of Representatives. This was because the British military still had posts in America’s territory and the British interfered with the American trade and shipping. Great Britain was not very corporative they did not want to meet the standards America had given them leading to this particular intense treaty in America. George Washington comes in now and is highly disappointed with the provisions of the treaty but went ahead and hoped for the best outcome for this treaty and sent it to the Senate to get it approved. Jay’s Treaty was passed by the Senate with a vote of twenty to ten with the exact approval of the two-thirds vote. After Jay’s Treaty was approved George Washington who was the President at the time submitted every document related to the Jay’s Treaty on June 8, 1795. On June 24, 1795 George Washington was sent a resolution copy of the Senate’s approval. There were faults to the Treaty and Washington had his negative thoughts about the Treaty as well but he came to and decided that Jay’s Treaty was necessary to avoid fighting or having a war with Great Britain. George Washington stated to Secretary of State Edmund Randolph on July 22, 1795 “My opinion respecting the treaty, is the same now that it was: namely, not favorable to it, but that it is better to ratify it in the manner the Senate have advised, than to suffer matters to remain as they are, unsettled.” (loc.gov). James Madison was against