Washington believed his advice against alliances with other countries was a permanent consideration. He mentioned in his Farewell Address in 1796 that being friendly to some, but a rival to other countries should be avoided at all times. The first president warned against alliances with the Old World because he feared that it may hurt America by drawing it into wars not because of “good faith and justice”, but because the United States had made an alliance with another country. Another point mentioned in Washington’s Farewell Address was that making alliances with other foreign countries was not going to be a forever standing partnership. Times and circumstances change therefore, each country's ideals change which made alliances harder to keep. George Washington realized that the only way the country would be successful was to never establish long term alliances.
Washington viewed some types of contact with foreign countries as favorable. One type of acceptable contact was trade. In many countries, trade was a major part of …show more content…
This was because there were no major countries in the Western Hemisphere. There were only colonies from major European countries. If allies were made in the Western Hemisphere, then they would essentially be joining the mother country of that colony. No references towards joining with people of the Western Hemisphere were made because no official countries had been established there.
Washington’s advice to practice “good faith and justice” to everyone was not realistic. What he meant by “good faith and justice” was basically treating all countries equally. This was incredibly excellent advice, but it was not realistic. Back then and even today humans have faults which means in a perfect society, people would use this “good faith and justice”. Unfortunately, everyone makes mistakes and maybe even break the rules; this made the idea impossible to
Washington viewed some types of contact with foreign countries as favorable. One type of acceptable contact was trade. In many countries, trade was a major part of …show more content…
This was because there were no major countries in the Western Hemisphere. There were only colonies from major European countries. If allies were made in the Western Hemisphere, then they would essentially be joining the mother country of that colony. No references towards joining with people of the Western Hemisphere were made because no official countries had been established there.
Washington’s advice to practice “good faith and justice” to everyone was not realistic. What he meant by “good faith and justice” was basically treating all countries equally. This was incredibly excellent advice, but it was not realistic. Back then and even today humans have faults which means in a perfect society, people would use this “good faith and justice”. Unfortunately, everyone makes mistakes and maybe even break the rules; this made the idea impossible to