Washington deliberated, then supported the treaty because it avoided war with Britain,[318] but was disappointed that its provisions favored Britain.[319] He mobilized public opinion and secured ratification in the Senate[320] but faced frequent public criticism.[321]
The British agreed to abandon their forts around the Great Lakes, and the United States modified the boundary with Canada. The government liquidated numerous pre-Revolutionary War debts, and the British opened the British West Indies to American trade. The treaty secured peace with Britain and a decade of prosperous trade. Jefferson claimed that it angered France and "invited rather than avoided" war.[322] Relations with France deteriorated afterward, leaving succeeding president John Adams with prospective war.[323] James Monroe was the American Minister to France, but Washington recalled him for his opposition to the Treaty. The French refused to accept his replacement Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, and the French Directory declared the authority to seize American ships two days before Washington's term ended.[324]

Native American affairs
Further information: Native Americans in the United States, Battle of Fallen Timbers, Treaty of New York (1790), Treaty of Greenville, Northwest Territory, and Ohio Country
Seneca chief Red Jacket was Washington's peace emissary with the Northwestern Confederacy.
