Question

Which of the following best states Alexander Hamilton’s attitude toward the conflict between Great Britain and France?

Answer 1

Below are the choices that can be found elsewhere:

He favored neutrality, refusing to support either side.
He favored military action against both France and Great Britain.
He favored the British.
He favored the French

The answer is He favored the British. 

Answer 2

The correct answer is C) he favored neutrality, refusing to support either side.

The answer that best states Alexander Hamilton's attitude toward the conflict between France and Britain was that he favored neutrality, refusing to support either side.

During the armed conflict between France and Great Britain, Alexander Hamilton decided that the best policy for the US was neutrality. As Secretary of the Treasury, Hamilton helped to establish the foreign policy of the United States. In 1793, in the Napoleonic Wars, France declared war to Great Britain, Spain, the Netherlands. The United States was not in a position to be part of the war and Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton agreed on that. But Jefferson wanted the Congress to be the one who declared neutrality and Hamilton wanted President Washington to do so.

The other options of the question were b) he favored military action against both, France and Britain, c) he favored the British, and d) he favored the French.