George Washington, but did you seriously not know that I hope you are from somewhere outside of the U.S. because not to be rude but its like the first thing you learn almost ever in school.
<h3><em><u>Incorporated by royal charter on December 31, 1600, it was started as a monopolistic trading body so that England could participate in the East Indian spice trade. It also traded cotton, silk, indigo, saltpeter, and tea and transported slaves.</u></em></h3>
I think one of the reasons was because the US was helping Britain and France by producing weapons and supplies for them, which caused Germany to believe that this wasn’t neutrality.
