…europe has a set of primary interests which to
us have none or a very remote relation. hence
she must be engaged in frequent controversies,
the causes of which are essentially foreign to our
concerns. hence, therefore, it must be unwise in
us to implicate [connect] ourselves by artificial
ties in the ordinary vicissitudes [changes] of her
politics or the ordinary combinations and
collisions of her friendships or enmities
[antagonisms].…
— president george washington, farewell address, 1796
according to the passage, president washington
believed that the united states should
(1) seek financial aid from european nations
(2) end all existing european friendships
(3) avoid involvement in the political disputes of
europe
(4) discontinue commercial relations with
europe