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Events on Friday 14 August 1795 1
1795Jay Treaty ratifiedUnited States and Britain settle outstanding disputesThe United States Senate ratified the Jay Treaty, resolving disputes left over from the Revolutionary War and averting a renewed conflict with Britain. President Washington signed it in August despite fierce domestic opposition. The treaty secured British withdrawal from frontier forts but was criticized for failing to address impressment of American sailors.