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Proclamation of Neutrality
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| The United States would remain friendly and impartial toward both Britain and France rather than become embroiled in the French Revolution in the critical first years of the Republic. |
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| Britain agreed to evacuate forts in the Northwest but made no concessions on impressment or violations of out rights as a neutral country. |
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| Spain guaranteed American farmers the use of the Mississippi River and the right of deposit in New Orleans in an attempt to prevent an Anglo-American reproachment. |
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Washington's Farewell Address
1796 |
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| Americans might sign commercial treaties with foreign nations but should steer clear of permanent alliances that might entangle this country in European conflicts. |
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| The united States staunchly rejected French demands for an apology, a loan, and a bribe as a condition for negotiations. |
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| The United States purchased a huge amount of land in order to guarantee American's permanent use of the Mississippi River. |
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| The United States stopped all foreign trade in an effort to pressure Britain and France into respecting out rights as a neutral country. |
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| The United States declared war against Britain in an effort to gain Canada, an end to Indian troubles on the frontier, and respect for out rights as a neutral. |
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| Restored the status quo antebellum when a lengthy war and protracted negotiations failed to produce a victory for either side. |
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| Britain and the US agreed to mutual disarmament of the Great Lakes. |
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| Spain ceded Florida to the United States and renounced any claim to Oregon in return for a US renunciation of any tenuous claims the US might have to Texas and $5 million in claims of Americans against the Spanish government. |
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| The US would refrain form intervention in European affair but would regard as an "unfriendly act" and attempt to further colonize in the Western Hemisphere. |
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| James K. Polk's promise to claim that the US owned Oregon, including Vancouver. |
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| President Tyler annexed the Lone Star REpublic despite the objections of the territory's former owner. |
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| The US received this land, including California, Utah, New Mexico, in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo - in return, the US paid $15 million and assumed $3 million American claims. |
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| The US purchased the strip of land in the Southwest for $10 million to provide a route for a transcontinental railroad across the South. |
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