King Jay's Major Accomplishments

Imagine you were one of the most important people in politics and you have so much pressure being one of the Founding Fathers and Chief Justice of the Supreme court. John was born into a wealthy family in Rye, New York on December 12, 1745 and died on his farm on May 17, 1829 at the age of 83. As one of the Founding Fathers of the United states, Jay is known, best as a writer of the Federalist Papers, signing the Treaty of Paris, and for being the nation's first Chief Justice. He also did many other smaller thing such as being governor of New York. Many years of his career was working with other countries that’s why he earned the role of being the Secretary of Foreign Affairs.

Jay grew up in Rye New York. One of his earliest influences was his mother, Mary Van Cortlandt, who educated him until age 8. In addition, he

One of his most important was the Jay Treaty. The Jay Treaty was a treaty in 1795 between the United States and Great Britain that averted war and resolved issues that had remained since the Treaty of Paris in 1783 (which was a treaty that John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Henry Laurens, and also Jay negotiated with the King ending the Revolutionary War). Another very important life accomplishment was being the Secretary of Foreign Affairs and also working to solve problems with other countries (mainly Spain). Lastly, Jay was one of the most prolific writers of the Federalist Papers. He wrote many important ideas such as the following: “Distrust naturally creates distrust, and by nothing is good will and kind conduct more speedily changed.” Another important quote in the Federalist Papers “It is too true, however disgraceful it may be to human nature, that nations in general will make war whenever they have a prospect of getting anything by it.” These two quotes were important because they encouraged countries to get along. He set the groundwork for US diplomacy in the