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How did the Jay Treaty of 1794 create division within the United States?
Pro-British Americans were angered that the US government agreed to trade with Britain.
Pro-French Americans were angered that the US government agreed to trade with Britain.
Pro-British Americans were angered that the US government chose to remain neutral.
Pro-French Americans were angered that the US government agreed to trade with France.

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Pro-French Americans were angered that the US government agreed to trade with Britain.

The Jay Treaty was seen as pro-British (favored British commercial interests and settled disputes with Britain), so Jeffersonian Republicans who supported revolutionary France felt it betrayed the Franco-American alliance and U.S. neutrality, deepening the Federalist–Republican split.