Ava'a Apush Blog : LAD #6: Washington's Proclamation of Neutrality

George Washington, who gave the Proclamation of Neutrality



Summarize- The Proclamation of Neutrality 1793:

In Washington's Proclamation of Neutrality, he proclaimed that the United States should engage in an honest and friendly conduct of neutrality towards various world powers such as Austria, Prussia, Sardinia, Great Britain, the United Netherlands, and France. Taking into consideration a state of war  between various of the mentioned countries, it was important for the United States to remain impartial to all of them. If the United States was to disobey this, then the punishment would be followed upon that person who disobeyed the law. Washington's clear point is that he wishes to have no connection to the problems in Europe and that he will neither help nor hinder any European affairs by maintaining a strict policy of neutrality.





The majority of Americans felt that the United States should stay out of World War I because it was not a signatory to any of the agreements that had lured the European powers into conflict across the continent, so President Woodrow Wilson declared a neutrality policy which relates to Washington's policy.