Read the following quotation and then answer the question. "legislature should 'make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between church and state." —thomas jefferson
why do you think thomas jefferson felt it was important that church and state be kept separate?

The US colonies started mostly because many people were running from religious persecution in England. Because of that, the US started as a country that was not religious and that defended liberty of religion.

In a letter written by Thomas Jefferson on January 1st, 1802, the president explains that he believed that the government cannot make any laws that favor any religion, he also says that he believes that religion is an intimate matter. Because of that, he defends that there should be a wall of separation between church and state.

Thomas also did not believe that the government was able to be impartial if it was run by religious leaders, this is clear in the letter to Horatio Spafford, Jefferson wrote on March 1814: “In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty.  He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own.”

isolationism is a doctrine practiced by the united states for much of its history with the aim of not intervening in external affairs that did not pose a real threat to their country. the united states managed to maintain a state of political isolation throughout the nineteenth century and the first part of the xx. few nations have been able to maintain such a position for such a long period of time. historians argue that it is largely due to geographical reasons, given the physical distance between europe and the usa. uu the venataja of this situation is that the national state can spend its resources in satisfying all the needs of its inhabitants, without the need to invest in armament and equipment for a war that does not directly affect the country.

internationalism is a political and cultural movement that advocates for greater political and economic cooperation among nations for mutual benefit. this novimiento was transformed over time, today it includes military intervention in international conflicts with the objective of maintaining peace. the advantage of this move is in the international contacts and the influence developed by the country that carries it forward.

between the two modes of relations between states, i prefer the first, since i believe it is of the utmost importance to satisfy the needs of citizens and work for their development and as a last option to act on the international level.