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Why did president Washington stay neutral and not support the french or the british?
The United States had just won a very expensive war for independence and already owed much to their new ally, the French. Foreign entanglements threatened to complicate an already complicated financial question. Also, the new country was relatively small and weak and would not be wise to become involved in the warring affairs of large wealthy European nations. Foreign policy was best made simple by neutrality. Washington was prophetic in this way. It was alliances and arms races that caused multiple European wars in the 19th century and World War I.
France had been America's ally during the American Revolution against the British. However, after the war Britain remained America's most important trading partner which was a relationship too important to risk. Some, like Thomas Jefferson, believed stopping the French Revolution would be a crush to liberty everywhere, going against the principles of America's own arguments for independence. Others, like Alexander Hamilton stressed the trade issue with Britian. In order to avoid becoming entangled in this mess, Washington declared America should remain neutral, being "friendly and impartial" with both Britain and France.
It's because to stay safe and don't need to pick sides. if they picked sides, they would be locked in an alliance with the country they chose. if the country they supported lost, they would have to face the might of the opposing country.
So that he could transport or sell goods to France and britain, also for help and advice.
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Did Washington support the idea that the president shoud have all the power?
No
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Did only ten percent of the colonist support the british monarch?
give or take, most people were neutral and didnt want to get involved
Can you get Driving License in Washington DC if you owe back child support?
No Because the President have to go to the bathroom.
Who wanted to defeat the British forces in Quebec in Eastern Canada to gain Canadian support for the revolution?
George Washington
Who wanted to defeat the British forces in Quebec in the eastern Canada to gain Canadian support for the revolution?
george washington
How much colonial opposition was there to British rule in 1776?
A fifth of the population was actively treasonous. A third opposed, a third in support a third neutral.
How did president roosevelt use the power of the executive office to support the british and circumvent the neutrality?
good job
What was foreign policy decision president Washington had to make?
One decision was whether or not to support the French Revolution, I believe.
In what way are the press biased in their coverage of the president?
They like to report or write on things that either support the president because he's going favors for them or either because people have their own political views and we are never neutral so this biasness in the mind is spilled out when one writes the newspaper coverages of the president. No one can remain completely neutral.
When Washington became president New York City was the capital What happened to change that?
Hamilton agreed to support a plan to move the capital to the South to gain support for his financial plan.
