George Washington's Farewell Address Isolationism

To be able to nurture America, the founding fathers strongly believed in isolationism because unique geographical position America was in. In George Washington’s Farewell Address, illustrated the fact that the country isn't compatible with European interests, and warned the country about alliances. Although America was isolationist, they still built up their economy, expanded their borders, and intervened in neighboring wars. In 1867, called Seward’s Folly, the United States purchased Russian land, now known to us as Alaska, marking the new beginning of American imperialism, the colonized colonizing. Following Mahan’s protocol, America started to build up its navy, its goal was to spread “civilization” and Americanism. Soon, the White House