Great British Isolationism

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Throughout the disputes between Great Britain and France, the United States believed that they could remain neutral and have a strong policy of isolationism, however, things didn’t go as planned. The US originally had a treaty with France that agreed to help France during their war, but when Great Britain started to attack US trading ships, they changed their policy. The United States and Britain established a treaty stating that Britain had to stop the attacks on US ships, however France saw this as breaking their original treaty. The French began to attack US ships, so US envoys went to France to stop it. Talleyrand, the minister, sent three secret agents known as X,Y and Z to talk. The agents wanted tribute, and the US refused. Americans

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