THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
GEORGE WASHINGTONS LEADERSHIP AT TRENTON SARATOGA VALLEY FORGE
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Shortly after the French Revolution began, France and Great Britain would go to war. President Washington decided it would be in the best interest of the U.S. to not take sides in their war. Washington proclaimed this feeling in
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The Neutrality Proclamation of 1793
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The Olive Branch Petition
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The Townhend Acts
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The Alien and Sedition Acts
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Proclamation of Neutrality was a formal announcement issued by U.S. President George Washington on April 22, 1793, that declared the nation neutral in the conflict between France and Great Britain. It threatened legal proceedings against any American providing assistance to any country at war.
Detailed explanation-2: -The violence of the French Revolution horrified many Americans. Federalists, like Washington and Hamilton, distrusted the radicalism of the French Revolution and feared the anarchy would spread to North American shores. Democratic-Republicans, like Jefferson, opposed the violence but remained more loyal to the French.
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