AMH 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Little Turtle, Jay Treaty, Great Fear
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11/1/2017: battle of wabash: november 4, 1791, general arthur st. clair, goes to protect the fort in ohio, 1200 troops & 200 women (they participate, woman are paid in half the pay of men. In the war against europe we are neutral: we will still be your trade partner (3 international laws, 1. Free ships make free goods: neutral countries can sponsor neutral ships can trade neutral stuff, 2. Blockades must be enforced: use the navy to block american ships to block them going to france, so instead we go to the west indies and trade with. Gb to recognize the laws of international law ^^^: free ships, contraband, blockades, 2. Money for the american merchants who lost their life saves & the ones pressed into the navy: 3. British troops out of the nw forts: after the treaty of paris 1783 gb left some troops in the us, detroit, mostly nw, 4.
