<span>George Washington’s quote
best describes what concerns Americans had about joining North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO). The NATO pact was alliance of United States and West
Europe to counter weight the Soviet Union and keep Germany grounded. Even
though, United States joined alliance with more than half votes, many were
concerned about meddling with European politics. Those who opposed United
States joining the alliance were called Isolationist as they considered that
politic isolation from Europe was the best for the state. They went back to George
Washington's Farewell Address (1796), in which he admonished his fellow
Americans to beware of the Europeans, to prove their point.</span>
Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? ... It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world ... <span>--George Washington</span>
<h2><em><u>The King and Parliament believed they had the right to tax the colonies. Many colonists felt that they should not pay these taxes, because they were passed in England by Parliament, not by their own colonial governments. They protested, saying that these taxes violated their rights as British citizens.</u></em></h2>
