LAD #6: Washington's Proclamation of Neutrality

Summary of Washington's Proclamation of Neutrality:

• This document, signed on April 22, 1793, was designed to keep the United States impartial to war in Europe in the 1790s--Austria, Sardinia, Prussia, the Netherlands, and Britain, versus France. Washington, the president at the time, was trying to hold the nation together, so adopted a policy of neutrality. He proclaimed that citizens who did not follow his policy would not receive protection from the United States and would be prosecuted in court.Washington believed that America should stay out of the affairs of other nations, so he continued to follow this policy throughout his presidency.