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Hamilton NEVER tried to ally the US to Britain EVER.

Right. And I suppose you think that little Jay Treaty episode simply never happened. Half the reason France even attempted its XYZ stunt came from Tallyrand being pissed off at the Jay Treaty's extremely pro-British (and pro-dependency) commercial clauses.

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The Jay Treaty was no more an alliance than any other treaty we signed at the time. We also had treaties with France and Spain. In any case had the Democrats allowed Hamilton to be the envoy negotiating with Britain we would have gotten a much better deal. In any case this was long before the "Napoleonic Wars" you referenced.

Tallyrand was just a crook hoping he had the US over a barrel. He used any method he could to pressure the US including enlisting his Fifth Column, the Jeffersonians, to undermine Washington.