Neutrality Proclamation of 1793

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The Neutrality Proclamation of 1793 was a formal declaration by the early U.S. government that the nation would remain impartial in the conflict between Revolutionary France and Great Britain, helping to define American foreign policy of non-involvement in European wars.

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instanceOf United States presidential proclamation
foreign policy declaration
legal and political document
alsoKnownAs Neutrality Proclamation of 1793
surface form: Proclamation of Neutrality of 1793
appliesTo American citizens
American residents
archivedIn National Archives and Records Administration
surface form: National Archives of the United States
belligerent1 France
belligerent2 Great Britain
belligerent3 Austria
belligerent4 Prussia
capitalAtTime Philadelphia
conflictContext French Revolutionary Wars
constitutionalDebate scope of presidential power in foreign affairs
country United States of America
surface form: United States
criticizedBy James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
date 1793-04-22
documentType public proclamation
foreignPolicyDoctrine unilateral neutrality
historicalPeriod Early Republic of the United States
surface form: Early National Period of the United States
influenced Neutrality Act of 1794
Farewell Address
surface form: Washington's Farewell Address

early American foreign policy doctrine
long-term U.S. policy of avoiding entangling alliances
issuedBy George Washington
language English
legalEffect made violators liable to prosecution
warned citizens against committing acts hostile to nations at peace with the United States
legalStatus executive proclamation
locationOfIssue Philadelphia
longTermImpact helped establish U.S. tradition of neutrality in European conflicts
set precedent for presidential leadership in foreign policy
officeOfIssuer President of the United States
policyStance neutrality
non-involvement in European wars
politicalContext emergence of Federalist and Democratic-Republican parties
purpose to declare U.S. neutrality in the war between France and Great Britain
to keep the United States out of European wars
to warn U.S. citizens against aiding belligerent powers
relatedEvent Citizen Genêt affair
relatedLegislation Neutrality Act of 1794
signedBy George Washington
subject relations between the United States and European powers
rights and duties of neutral nations
supportedBy Alexander Hamilton
year 1793

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Washington administration signed Neutrality Proclamation of 1793
presidency of George Washington majorForeignPolicyIssue Neutrality Proclamation of 1793
Neutrality Proclamation of 1793 alsoKnownAs Neutrality Proclamation of 1793
this entity surface form: Proclamation of Neutrality of 1793