MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS FROM ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS TO XYZ AFFAIR
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an excerpt of Jay’s Treaty
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Washington’s Inaugural Address
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Washington’s Farewell Address
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the Declaration of Independence
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Detailed explanation-1: -’Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent Alliances, with any portion of the foreign world-So far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it-for let me not be understood as capable of patronising infidility to existing engagements.
Detailed explanation-2: -In this letter to “Friends and Citizens, ” Washington warned that the forces of geographical sectionalism, political factionalism, and interference by foreign powers in the nation’s domestic affairs threatened the stability of the republic.
Detailed explanation-3: -Washington’s address argued for a careful foreign policy of friendly neutrality that would avoid creating implacable enemies or international friendships of dubious value, nor entangle the United States in foreign alliances.
Detailed explanation-4: -Farewell Address to the People of the United States-Monday, September 19, 1796 · George Washington’s Mount Vernon. “It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliance with any portion of the foreign world."
Detailed explanation-5: -In the area of foreign affairs, Washington called for America “to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.” Although the ideas expressed were Washington’s, Alexander Hamilton wrote a large part of the address. James Madison drafted an earlier version of the address in 1792.