JAY TREATY
\d͡ʒˈe͡ɪ tɹˈiːti], \dʒˈeɪ tɹˈiːti], \dʒ_ˈeɪ t_ɹ_ˈiː_t_i]\
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a treaty concluded in 1794 by John Jay and Lord Grenville, representing the United States and Great Britain respectively. The treaty provided for peace and friendship between the two countries; an evacuation of the British posts in the United States by June, 1796; free commercial and Indian intercourse on the American continent; unrestricted navigation of the Mississippi; indemnity by England to American citizens for recent unlawful captures; corresponding indemnity by America for certain Genet captures of 1793, by privateers fitted out in our ports; and a limited trade between the United States and the British West Indies, by which our carrying trade was sadly curtailed. The treaty was generally unpopular in this country.
By John Franklin Jameson
