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Washington's Proclamation of Neutrality in 1793
Foreign wars are costly both in money and in human lives. In Wilson's day, the US did not maintain a standing army nor have military bases all over the world. Very few Americans saw any value in the US sending an army to Europe, so neutrality, or at least the official position of neutrality, was the obvious policy to follow.
It became the foundation of American policy toward Europe
It became the foundation of American policy toward Europe
neutrality
A Presidential Cabinet, an Assumption of Debt, Neutrality,( which includes treaties, and neutrality meaning avoiding war with Europe.)
to neutrality, to internationalism, to neutrality
The purpose of the Neutrality Acts was to keep the United States out of involvement with the upcoming war in Europe.
Isolationism from the affairs and wars of Europe
Washington and his advisors had to decided whether or not to aid France in the French Revolution based on the Treaty of Alliance.
Americans were choosing sides, even if they did not join the war. Plus the different sides were forcing America choose.