110 ChApTEr 4 | an atlantiC eMpire | period three 175 4 –18 0 0Evidence: French colonies in North America
caused conflicts (Doc. 3.5, Thomas Oliver,
Letter to Queen Anne, 1708).
Evidence: Peace treaties were signed be-
tween Britain and France (Doc. 3.6, Treaty of
Utrecht, 1713).
Evidence: Hostilities broke out again during
the French and Indian War (Doc. 4.1, North
America before and after the French and
Indian War, 1754 and 1763).
Evidence: But Americans were willing to
make an alliance with the French (Doc. 4.9,
Treaty of Alliance between the United States
and France, 1778).Evidence: The high point of French-Amer-
ican relations occurred in 1783 (Doc. 4.11,
Treaty of Paris, 1783).
Evidence: Jefferson (still in Washington’s
cabinet) acknowledged that the French
Revolution was an issue for the Washington
administration (Doc. 4.12, Thomas Jefferson,
Letter to Thomas Pinckney, 1793).
Evidence: Jefferson rejected Washington’s
treaty with Britain and called Hamilton and
others members of a “monarchial party”
(Doc. 4.13, Thomas Jefferson, Letter to
James Monroe, 1795).
Evidence: Federalists connected their politi-
cal enemy, Jefferson, to the French Revolu-
tion (Doc. 4.14, Anti-Jefferson Cartoon, “The
Providential Detection,” 1797).Using your completed table, turn your historical argument into two body paragraphs under
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