Year(s) Discussed: 1789-1792
Numerous foreign relations issues faced Washington’s first administration. In this episode, we examine how the administration dealt with the Anglo-American trade imbalance, the impact of the French Revolution, Spanish attempts to break the lands west of the Appalachians away from the US, and what would prove to be the only successful major large scale slave insurrection that occurred in the French colony of Saint-Domingue at the beginning of what we now know of as the Haitian Revolution. Hope you have your seatbelts fastened, listeners, cause early 1790s diplomacy can be a bumpy ride!
As mentioned in the episode, should you like to learn more about the French Revolution or the Haitian Revolution, Mike Duncan on his Revolutions podcast has covered both. Thus, below are links to the first episode of his series on both:
Sources that I used for this episode are as follows: