America was faced with the problems of its once former ally, France. The weakened power of France with its own civil war at hand went to war with the European powers in 1792. Washington responded with the Proclamation of Neutrality. This Proclamation stated, "United States would "pursue a conduct friendly and impartial" toward the belligerent powers." However, Washington's move toward neutrality came too late. The day he signed the proclamation, a French war vessel captured a British ship name Grange in Delaware Bay and sailed it into Philadelphia. Some people strongly felt for the French like the Jeffersonian and felt that America had a debt to pay for the power, which had helped them in their own time of trouble. Citizen Genet dishonored Washington's policy by trying to encourage popular support

in America for the French government. He continued to put American arms and crews aboard American ships and rushed them to sea. "Genet even awarded American pirate crews two captured British brigantines and began shipping ammunition to France." Genet embarrassed Washington through his control in foreign matters on the American soil and even after Washington's refusal to change his position on the issue, he armed Little Sarah after continued warnings against and sent her to sea. Genet caused much trouble for Washington and after Washington wrote an "eight-thousand-word report" asking Genet be recalled, France replaced Genet with Joseph Baron Fauchet.

Internal problems inside America also shook the newly built foundations. When Congress passed an excise tax on distilled liquors in 1791, the accused offenders, many from the Monongahela Valley in Western Pennsylvania, grew very violent. The farmers who gained much of their income from the distillation of corn added to the "antagonism among frontiersmen toward the growing power of the federal government." In 1794, the tax collectors met aggressive resistance and when the governor of Pennsylvania refused to enforce the collections, President George Washington mobilized a militia of 13,000 from surrounding states to suppress the farmers. The arrested were later pardoned but hatred of the Federalist party continued on.

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson ran together for the office of president; John Adams as for the Federalist party and Thomas Jefferson as the Democratic party. Adams won t

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