GW Foreign Policy

In 1778, France is at war with whom when they ask for American aid and support?

• England

• Denmark

• Prussia

• Spain

This person viewed the French Revolution as necessary because it fit the American ideals of fighting fo life, liberty, equality, and democracy. They also supported the war against England

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• George Washington

• Ben Franklin

This person saw the French Revolution as misguided and saw France as a new threat in the world . He argued that America should not support the French in their war against England because it had its own debts to pay

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• George Washinton

• Ben Franklin

What did the Neutrality Proclamation of 1793 issued bye George Washington state?

• The United States will always support France no matter what is happening or who is against them.

• The United States will never support any world powers at any time, we will always remain neutral

• The United States should be impartial to fights between other world powers

• The United States duty is to get involved with the side they see as their best ally if two world powers are fighting

George Washington's decision to make the Proclamation of Neutrality set a Constitutional Precedent for the president in dealing with foreign policy. What did this mean?

• It was the first time the President did not know what to do.

• It was the first time the President was blocked from using his powers to deal with foreign affairs

• It was the first time Congress approved the president to act on foreign affairs

• It was the first time that the President exerted his own power in foreign affairs to ma

The treaty of _______ officially made the US an independent nation following the Revolutionary War

• Trenton

• London

• Boston

• Paris

With the Treaty of Paris in 1781, the borders of the new United States of America and their territories extended to

• The eastern border of the Hudson River

• The western border of the Ohio River Valley

• The eastern border of the Appalachians

• The western border of the Mississippi

The Treaty of Paris allowed Americans to ______ freely with whomever they pleased. This threatened the British.

• borrow

• speak

• trade

• align

What is impressment?

• The imprisoning of sailors for crimes at sea

• The policy of taking sailors and forcing them into a country's navy

• The impressing of naval officers through acts of courage abroad at sea

• The forced work by indentured servants on board British merchant ships.

Who was the Ambassador sent by George Washington to Britain to address America's concerns with the violations of the Treaty of Paris?

• James Madison

• Aaron Burr

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Jay