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 Proclamation of Neutrality of 1793 ⓘ
appliesTo American citizens ⓘ
American residents ⓘ
archivedIn 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 ⓘ
criticizedBy James Madison ⓘ
Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
date 1793-04-22 ⓘ
documentType public proclamation ⓘ
foreignPolicyDoctrine unilateral neutrality ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early National Period of the United States ⓘ
influenced Neutrality Act of 1794 ⓘ
Washington's Farewell Address ⓘ
linked to: 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 → Proclamation of Neutrality of 1793 ⓘ
linked to: Neutrality Proclamation of 1793
Neutrality Act of 1794 → inspiredBy → Proclamation of Neutrality of 1793 ⓘ
linked to: Neutrality Proclamation of 1793
Citizen Genêt affair → hasCause → Proclamation of Neutrality (1793) ⓘ
linked to: Neutrality Proclamation of 1793
Citizen Genêt affair → relatedTo → Proclamation of Neutrality (1793) ⓘ
linked to: Neutrality Proclamation of 1793