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by Carol Berkin


  and W. Moultrie, 93

  neutrality of US, 96, 113

  obligations of US towards France, 93–94, 95

  pardon to all persons, 78

  peace commission to Pennsylvania, 54–55

  presidential proclamation in Genet Affair, 95, 98, 145–146

  presidential proclamation in Whiskey Rebellion, 35–36, 37, 43, 55–56, 67

  privateers and recruitment of Americans, 96, 105, 114–115, 118–119, 120–121, 122

  recall of Genet, 124–125, 128–129, 141, 144

  on Republicans after XYZ, 192

  resistance to excise tax in Pennsylvania, 26–27

  riding against rebels, 68

  rules for privateers, 127

  and Sedition Act, 218, 222

  sovereignty of US in own waters, 110, 111

  support for, 37, 39, 78–79, 140, 146, 149

  validity of treaties of 1778, 94, 97–98

  view of rebels in Whiskey Rebellion, 8

  views of French government, 157

  violence control in Whiskey Rebellion, 45

  western resentment increase, 44, 45

  Whiskey Rebellion cause, 77

  will of the people threat, 133

  on XYZ negotiations, 179

  Webster, Noah, 211

  Wells, Benjamin, 40–41, 43

  Wells, John, 41, 46

  whiskey, 16, 18, 21, 42

  Whiskey Rebellion

  arrests in, 68–69, 71–73

  background to, 20–22

  blame for, 75–76

  collection of tax, 22–23

  compliance to excise tax, 40

  compliance to peace terms, 61–63

  and duties legislation, 46–47

  farmers resentment to tax, 22–23

  federal action to opposition, 33–35

  federal distractions, 41–42

  guerilla war in Pennsylvania, 32

  influential failure of, 8–9

  law-abiding citizens in, 66

  legal actions by federal government, 35, 37–39

  meeting Mifflin-Washington, 50–51

  military action and preparation, 37, 45, 53–54, 61, 67, 70–71

  militia mobilization, 31, 49–54, 56–58, 65–69

  negotiation with rebels, 52

  opposition to federal authority, 3–4, 23–26, 33–35, 43–44, 51, 246–247

  overview, 3–4, 8–9

  pardon to all persons, 74–75, 78

  peace commission, 54–55, 58–63, 64

  polling and results, 62–63, 64–65

  presidential proclamation, 35–36, 37, 43, 55–56, 67

  reaction to resistance of tax, 23–24

  refusal to obey the law, 61–62, 63–64

  renewal of violence, 42–43, 46–48, 49

  reports on situation, 39–40, 58

  as secession war, 49

  showdown with Neville, 47, 48–49

  special committee to peace commission, 60, 61–62

  state response to, 56, 61

  submission to laws, 62–63, 69–70

  support for federal government and laws, 70–71, 78–79

  tax collection, 40–41

  as threat and opportunity to government, 7, 9

  view of rebels, 8–9

  whiskey tax. See excise tax on alcohol

  White, Alexander, 147

  Wilkins, John, 52, 63

  William ship, 110

  Wilson, James, 50, 52, 127

  Wilson, Robert, 25, 39

  Wolcott, Oliver, Jr., 155

  X (Hottinguer, Jean Conrad), 171, 172–173, 175–177, 178, 190

  XYZ affair

  apologies for presidential addresses, 160, 183

  bribes in, 172, 173–174, 175–177, 178, 181

  as challenge to federal authority, 247–248

  Congress emergency session, 159–161

  consequences, 199–200

  delay in negotiations, 170–171

  departure of envoys, 183–185

  dispatches of envoys, 188, 189–190, 192

  failure of envoys and mission, 185–187, 188–189

  first encounter in negotiations, 170–171

  French insults and actions, 156–159, 161–162

  French privateering in, 170, 172, 176

  goal of peace commission, 167

  importance in history, 152

  instructions to commissioners, 166–168, 190

  intermediaries in, 171–172, 173, 177

  lack of news in US, 179–180

  loans for war against Britain, 76, 81, 82–83, 167 172–173

  and loyalty to federal government, 152, 200

  meeting with three negotiators, 182–183

  mission by G. Logan, 196–197

  negotiations with France, 162–166

  overview and impact, 4–5, 151–152, 199

  political situation in France, 168, 169, 198

  public opinion on, 191–192

  relationship between negotiators, 180–184

  responses of federal government and Adams, 158, 159–161, 163

  slogan of, 151

  trade restrictions in, 167, 172

  treaty success, 199

  views of negotiations by negotiators, 174–175

  war as response (from US), 158, 160, 161, 163, 190–191, 194–196, 197–198

  war as threat (from France), 170, 176, 177, 181, 183, 187

  X, Y, and Z roles and identities, 171, 190

  X’s demands, 172–173, 175–177, 178

  Y’s demands, 173–174, 177, 178

  Z’s demands, 175, 177

  Y (Bellamy, Pierre), 171, 173–174, 177, 178, 190

  Yeates, Jasper, 54, 59

  yellow fever outbreak, 41–42, 142, 179

  Z (Hauteval, Lucien), 171, 175, 177, 190

 

 

 


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