When the text of the treaty became public, a howling, stone-throwing mob marched on the Philadelphia home of pro-Federalist Sen. William Bingham of Pennsylvania to condemn Washington, Jay and the ...

The Jay Treaty of 1794 was hotly debated and caused deep divisions in American politics. It involved several territorial disputes between the U.S. and Great Britain, which had remained unresolved ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Today marks the 225th anniversary of the Senate vote to approve the Jay Treaty ...

On this day in 1795, President George Washington, eager to avert another war with Great Britain, signed the Jay Treaty with America’s former colonial master. (Its formal name was “The Treaty ...

What became known as the Jay Treaty — after its chief American negotiator, John Jay — was signed by President Washington on Nov. 19, 1794. Perhaps no treaty in American history was as ...

What became known as the Jay Treaty — after its chief American negotiator, John Jay — was signed by President Washington this week (Nov. 19) in 1794. Perhaps no treaty in American history was ...