We got the money figured out, what about all
these other countries?
Three Foreign Policy Choices
1) Neutrality - To not take sides.
2) Isolationism - To cut off al foreign relations. To
not be involved at all
3) Interventionism - To get involved in world affairs.
Foreign Policy of Washington and Adams
1789 to 1815 – French Revolution and European
wars put a lot of pressure on U.S. to take a side!
Foreign Policy of Washington and Adams
• Relations with
England = getting
worse
o
o
England wouldn't leave
NW Territories (Treaty of
Paris)
England also grabbed
Americans off American
ships to serve in navy
against France!
(impressment)
Foreign Policy of Washington and Adams
• America passed antiBritish navigation laws
= harder to trade
• It was clear this would
greatly damage the
U.S. economy!
• Could we fight the
British?? NO!!
Foreign Policy of Washington and Adams
• We had to deal.
• Jay’s Treaty
• John Jay, a U.S.
diplomat, was sent to
England to work this
out.
Foreign Policy of Washington and Adams
• Jay’s Treaty Terms:
• England leaves NW
Territories (again)
• England pays some
damages for U.S.
ships sunk (neutral)
Foreign Policy of Washington and Adams
• U.S. gives most
favorite nation status
to England (trade
advantage)
• U.S. will not seek
damages for
“impressment”
Foreign Policy of Washington and Adams
• VERY unpopular!
• People burned John
Jay in “effigy”
• Ratified, by Congress
with Washington’s
support.
Foreign Policy of Washington and Adams
• Washington:
• Proclamation of Neutrality
in 1793 and Farewell
Address in 1796
• Set the tone for American
foreign policy until WW I
• STAY OUT OF EUROPE!!!
Foreign Policy of Washington and Adams
• "It is our true policy
to steer clear of
permanent alliances
with any portion of
the foreign world..."