HIST 2055 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Atlantic Slave Trade, Stephen Douglass, Ultimate Power
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Hist 2055 e(cid:454)a(cid:373) 2 essa(cid:455) questio(cid:374)s (1) describe the critical domestic and foreign policy issues that preoccupied the president and congress during the administrations of george washington, john adams, and thomas. Explain how each issue exerted a significant--or, more than momentary-- influence. The haitian revolution proved a challenge for america"s leaders. All three leaders chose a different approach of support, each approach tying in with the style of leader that they projected. Washington"s solution to the sudden intake of haitians on. American soil was to supply aid to the island"s white population. Washington"s course of action and aided the rebels in haiti, strengthening commercial ties. Jefferson, sympathetic to moral agreements against slavery, although a slave- owner himself, supported france in the revolution. Once president, jefferson cut off all aid to the rebels and imposed a trade embargo, refusing to recognize haiti as independent: 3. One response to the drastic changes in the efforts to support those involved in the.
