Read the passage. A free people ought not only to be armed but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well digested plan is requisite: And their safety and interest require that they should promote such manufactories, as tend to render them independent on others, for essential, particularly for military supplies.

The interests of the United States require, that our intercourse with other nations should be facilitated by such provisions as will enable me to fulfill my duty, in that respect, in the manner which circumstances may render most conducive to the publick good.

The advancement of agriculture, commerce and manufactures, by all proper means, will not, I trust, need recommendation. But I cannot forbear intimating to you the expediency of giving effectual encouragement as well to the introduction of new and useful inventions from abroad, as to the exertions of skill and genius in producing them at home; and of facilitating the intercourse between the distant parts of our country by a due attention to the Post Office and Post Roads.

–First Annual Message of George Washington, 1790

Which statement best describes the consequences of Washington’s 1793 Proclamation of Neutrality?

Great Britain attacked American merchant vessels attempting to pass their blockades to trade with France and practiced impressment of captured sailors.
American businesses profited from increased exports to Europe, and the American merchant fleet increased dramatically.
Neither Britain nor France took American foreign policy seriously due to the United States’ unwillingness to take sides in European conflicts.
Immigration to the United States by Europeans fleeing conflict was temporarily suspended during the period of war between Britain and France.