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5 pages. In his Farewell Address to the nation in 1796, George Washington urged American leaders to avoid entangling alliances with foreign powers and to avoid the fractiousness of political parties. While this comes across as sound advice to the nation, it was also very naïve. This paper addresses that as it applies to the War of 1812 and the evolution of the Federalist and Republican Parties. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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political parties. While this comes across as sound advice to the nation, it was also very na?ve. This paper addresses that as it applies to the War of
1812 and the evolution of the Federalist and Republican Parties. AVOID ENTANGLING ALLIANCES WITH FOREIGN POWERS George Washington certainly was giving sound advice when he admonished the nation to
avoid entangling alliances with foreign powers. This statement must have fallen upon deaf ears because the War of 1812 was exactly what he had warned against. The United
States got into an extremely entangled alliance with Britain and her allies, and the War of 1812 was underway. To his credit, George Washington was indeed giving sound advice; it
was very na?ve of him to believe, however, that this could be followed. While the United States would have liked nothing better than to be left alone and not
get entangled in wars, the fact of the matter is that there is always another foreign power that wants to do something against our wishes or vice versa. Such
was the case in the War of 1812. The student can elaborate here on the vestiges of the war and what caused these entanglements and why. The crux
of this model paper is to point out that there is no way to avoid foreign entanglements and the War of 1812 is the most likely example, since it happened
so quickly after George Washingtons famous Farewell Address. In an article in the Washington National Intelligencer in April of 1812, the statement was made "Can anyone believe that, under
such circumstances, the British government could be so infatuated as to send troops here for the purpose of invasion? The experience and the fortune of our Revolution, when we were
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