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Proclamation of Neutrality
In this document, Washington wished to stay out of foreign affairs. Because he saw the war between Britain and Napolean's France as very dangerous to meddle with, Washington wanted to avoid any further detrimental confrontations. -
The XYZ Affair
In this affair, the US is attempted to cut the tensions with France. Rather than being given a proper meeting, French officials sent three representatives, named X, Y, and Z by American citizens, to extract a large sum of money. Seeing this as a bribe, the Americans were outraged, which caused an unofficial war between France and America called the Quasi War.
