Rather, everyone in the kingdom had a seat at the table, for here Arthur heard the voices of everyday citizens as well. King Arthur is myth; but, the effectiveness of the round table, especially with. regard to public engagement is very real. It is an excellent form of small group.
When the British began to seize ships bound for French ports, Washington sent John Jay, a prominent Federalist and chief justice of the Supreme Court, to London to negotiate a treaty. Jay was a weak negotiator and unwilling to provoke the British.ay returned to the United States with a treaty that removed some British outposts from the Northwest (posts that the British had promised to abandon in the Treaty of 1783 that ended the Revolution), but did relatively nothing to confirm the neutral rights of American ships.
On November 19, 1794 Jay's Treaty was signed, averting the threat of war. The Treaty eliminated British control of western posts within two years, established America's claim for damages from British ship seizures, and provided America aJay's Treaty was signed, averting the threat of war.issing from the treaty was a provision for the British to refrain from the arrest of American ships and impressment of American seamen. Jay's Treaty was signed on November 19, 1794. Alexander Hamilton defended the treaty, writing under the pen name Camillus.