Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 August 2023
Part II collects writings from Washington’s second presidential term (1793–1797). During this period Washington had to grapple with delicate problems of foreign policy – especially the question how the young and comparatively weak America should stand in relation to the warring great powers, Britain and France. This challenging term presented domestic perplexities as well, most especially the so-called Whiskey Rebellion, which Washington believed to be a serious threat to the new government’s authority. Moreover, throughout Washington’s entire presidency we find many ceremonial communications in which he strove to educate his fellow citizens in the basic principles of republican government and in the habits and virtues necessary for it to survive and thrive.
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