Foundations of American diplomacy, 1775-1872

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II. Independence: The committee of secret correspondence ; The French allience ; The treaty of Paris

III. Commerce: The treaty plans of 1776 and 1784 ; The French treaty ; Jay's treaty

IV. The Mississippi question: The first Jay treaty ; Pickney's treaty

V. Neutrality and quasi war: The constitution on foreign affairs ; The heritage of George Washington ; XYZ

VI. The Louisiana purchase

VII. War of 1812

VIII: The Transcontinental Treaty ; John Quincy Adams, defender of the new world ; The Monroe doctrine

IX. Texas: Cession? ; Purchase? ; Annexation

X. The Mexican war: President Polk's war ; Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

XI. The northeast and northwest boundaries

XII: An isthmian canal ; China ; Japan

XIII. Civil War: Seward's april fool's day proposition ; The trent affair ; The Laird rams ; The assassination

XIV: Seward and the emperor Maximilian ; Alaska ; Naboth's vineyard ; The Geneva arbitration