” 29—A new treaty is made with the Creek Indians, and the Southern, as well as the Northern Indians, are pacified.
Sept. 19—Washington’s Farewell address is issued, to let the people know that he would not accept office again. A presidential election was held this autumn, in which John Adams was elected President. Serious difficulties began to rise with France, which took great offense at the treaty with Great Britain.
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Feb. 3—Mr. Pinckney, American Minister to France, was refused a reception, by the French government, and obliged this day to leave the country. Much violence was done about this time, to American commerce, by the French.
Mar. 4—John Adams is inaugurated President of the United States.
” 25—A special session of Congress is called to consider the threatening posture of our relations with France.
June 14—Congress imposed a fine of $10,000 and ten years imprisonment on any American who should engage in privateering, in any way, against a nation with whom we were at peace.
July 3—The President transmits to Congress information of Spanish troubles on the southern and western frontier. These were afterwards discovered to have aimed at detaching the Mississippi and Ohio valleys from the United States, and erecting them into an independent power, in close alliance with Spain.
Two new envoys are sent to France. These envoys spent many months in Paris, treated with insolence and neglect.