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Historian Marshall Smelser argues that the treaty effectively postponed war with Britain for ten years and more (war finally did break out in 1812).<ref>Marshall Smelser, ''The Democratic Republic, 1801-1815'' (1968)</ref>   

Historian Marshall Smelser argues that the treaty effectively postponed war with Britain for ten years and more (war finally did break out in 1812).<ref>Marshall Smelser, ''The Democratic Republic, 1801-1815'' (1968)</ref>   

Bradford Perkins argued in 1955 that the treaty was the first establishment of a special relationship between Britain and America, with a second installment under Lord Salisbury. In his view, the treaty worked for ten years to secure peace between Britain and America: "The decade may he characterized as the period of "The First Rapprochement." As Perkins concludes, "For about ten years there was peace on the frontier, joint recognition of the value of commercial intercourse, and even, by comparison with both preceding and succeeding epochs, a muting of strife over ship seizures and impressment. Two controversies with France... pushed the English-speaking powers even more closely together."<ref>Perkins (1955) p. vii</ref> Starting at swords' point in 1794 the Jay treaty reversed the tensions, Perkins concludes: "Through a decade of world war and peace, successive governments on both sides of the Atlantic were able to bring about and preserve a cordiality which often approached genuine friendship."<ref>Perkins (1955) p 1</ref>  

Bradford Perkins argued in 1955 that the treaty was the first establishment of a special relationship between Britain and America, with a second installment under Lord Salisbury. In his view, the treaty worked for ten years to secure peace between Britain and America: "The decade may he characterized as the period of "The First [[Rapprochement]]." As Perkins concludes, "For about ten years there was peace on the frontier, joint recognition of the value of commercial intercourse, and even, by comparison with both preceding and succeeding epochs, a muting of strife over ship seizures and impressment. Two controversies with France... pushed the English-speaking powers even more closely together."<ref>Perkins (1955) p. vii</ref> Starting at swords' point in 1794 the Jay treaty reversed the tensions, Perkins concludes: "Through a decade of world war and peace, successive governments on both sides of the Atlantic were able to bring about and preserve a cordiality which often approached genuine friendship."<ref>Perkins (1955) p 1</ref>  

Perkins gives more weight than other historians to valuable concessions regarding trade in India and the concession on the West Indies trade.  In addition, reports Perkins, the Royal Navy treated American commerce with "relative leniency" during the wars, and many impressed seamen were returned to America. Furthermore, Spain, seeing an informal British-American alliance shaping up, became more favorable regarding American usage of the Mississippi River and signed [[Pinckney's Treaty]] which the Americans wanted. When Jefferson took office he gained renewal of the commercial articles that had greatly benefitted American shipping.<ref>Perkins, ''Cambridge History of American Foreign Relations I: The Creation of a Republican Empire''. (1995) p. 99, 100, 124</ref>   

Perkins gives more weight than other historians to valuable concessions regarding trade in India and the concession on the West Indies trade.  In addition, reports Perkins, the Royal Navy treated American commerce with "relative leniency" during the wars, and many impressed seamen were returned to America. Furthermore, Spain, seeing an informal British-American alliance shaping up, became more favorable regarding American usage of the Mississippi River and signed [[Pinckney's Treaty]] which the Americans wanted. When Jefferson took office he gained renewal of the commercial articles that had greatly benefitted American shipping.<ref>Perkins, ''Cambridge History of American Foreign Relations I: The Creation of a Republican Empire''. (1995) p. 99, 100, 124</ref>   

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