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."
《杰伊条约》扭转了从1794年（英美）战事冲突开始的紧张局势，帕金斯总结道：“经过十年的世界大战与和平，大西洋两岸的历届政府都能够实现和保持一种往往接近真正友谊的亲切关系。