Foreign Policy 

 

The Monroe Doctrine issued to prevent further european colonization in Latin America along with America not intervening in european affairs. Another part of early American foreign policy was their tendency to want to stay neutral in affairs overseas. In 1793, President George Washington made a formal announcement now called the proclamation of neutrality. This stated that America would be neutral in the affairs between the French and the British. Later on, this policy of neutrality was tested during the course of the Napoleonic wars. With France and Britian both imposing trade restrictions on each other, the American trade and economy was indirectly hurt and this tested our neutrality. As time goes on, the British begin to impress our sailors and seize American goods and men which left Thomas Jefferson with a large decision to make concerning the rethinking of the nation's foreign policy. The result of this is the Embargo of 1807.