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A 3 pages research paper that discusses American foreign policy during this century. The early foreign policy of the United States was shaped by the feeling of the Founding Fathers that the young country should stand apart from the bloody wars and conflicts that frequently tore apart the European continent. The writer discusses the French and Indian War in regards to the root causes of isolationist sentiment, as well as the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Monroe Doctrine and its application in the nineteenth century. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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and conflicts that frequently tore apart the European continent. Thomas Paine in Common Sense warned against European entanglements and Washington, in his farewell address to the nation a president, counseled
against "interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe" (Burns, 1969, p. 782). Examining American history shows the root causes of isolationist foreign policy and how it affected
American foreign policy during the countrys first century. When the French and Indian War ended in 1763, British colonists in North America were extremely pleased with being part of
"so vast and so thriving" an institution as the British Empire (Greene, 1975, p. 1). During the war, the British government relaxed the enforcement of certain restrictions and laws in
order to enlist the cooperation of the colonists in defeating the French. After peace was declared, Parliament felt that it was time to reassert its authority over British possessions and
new taxes were instituted to offset the cost of the war, as well as the cost of housing soldiers to defend the newly acquired territory. The result of this
policy was that the intense patriotic feeling of colonists toward Britain was turned to alienation in a mere decade (Greene, 1975). The American Revolution began as a protest against British
tyranny, with scarcely anyone considering independence (Burns, 1969). It escalated into the birth of a nation, but the primary thrust of public sentiment was first and foremost to prevent the
imposition of rule and influence from outside North America. Following this philosophy when the Napoleonic Wars broke out in Europe, US merchants attempted to trade with both sides, causing British
forces to become increasingly antagonistic toward American ships. Furthermore, American ships often employed deserters from the Royal Navy. Due to this fact, the British would frequently board American merchant vessels
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