Question

Why it was important to Washington to keep America out of European affairs?

Answer 1

Washington was leery of any such foreign entanglement, considering his country too weak and unstable to fight another war with a major European power.

Answer 2

Upon becoming President of the United States, George Washington almost immediately set two critical foreign policy precedents: He assumed control of treaty negotiations with a hostile power—in this case, the Creek Nation of Native Americans—and then asked for congressional approval once they were finalized.