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Proclamation Of Neutrality
George Washington, regarding the growing issues in Europe, released a Proclamation of Neutrality stating that the United States would not take sides in any conflicts and would stay neutral. This helped the United States because they were still a weak nation. -
Pinckney's Treaty
Pinckney's Treaty was a treaty in which Spain allowed Americans to travel freely on the Mississippi River and trade freely in New Orleans. This helped America flourish because they now had a place to trade from and this “alliance” with Spain helped them grow. -
Jay's Treaty
Jay's Treaty was a treaty with Great Britain, who's ships were attacking American ships and stated that Britain would pay for the damages on ships and give up forts in Ohio River Valley. This maintained America's neutrality by avoiding confrontation with England. -
Adams-Onis Treaty
As Spain was having problems with Latin America trying to gain independence, they decided not to go to war with America for crossing into their territory and to sell Florida to them, while America decided to pay claims up to 5 million dollars. This is similar to Pinckney's Treaty because they were willing to cooperate without causing problems. -
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine prevented Europeans from interfering with newly freed central America and America, the western hemisphere.This is similar to Washington's because they would stay away from confrontation with Europe, but Washington probably would have not involved central America because the United States still isn't exactly strong. -
9/11 Attacks
On September 11, 2001, the Al Qaeda terrorist group attacked the Twin Towers. This caused for president George Bush to take drastic measures and change the foreign policies. This was similar to Washington's and Monroe's presidencies because this is changing the foreign policies to be more "defensive" than "offensive." -
Afghanistan War
As of 2001, the United States declared a global "war on terrorism" and with that, they invaded Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.This is a very different approach to this kind of situation than Washington or Monroe would've taken because they were more on the "staying neutral" side of things, while Bush did the opposite. Many people would say he was very "out there" about these kinds of situations and was not very correctly. -
Homeland Security/Patriot Act
These things were set in place to prevent more terrorist attacks within the United States, reduce the vulnerability of the United States to terrorism, and minimize damage and assist in recovery for terrorist attacks that occur in the United States, from within out from the outside. They were similar to the previous presidents' happenings because Bush is trying to ensure the security of the people, but it is almost to the point of violating the people's rights. -
Iraq War
The Iraq War started on March 19, 2003, when the United States decides to set out and capture their dictator, Saddam Hussein, for violating the people's rights and under suspicion of building weapons of mass destruction. See Afghanistan War for similarities and differences
