What made it difficult for early US leaders to maintain neutrality during conflicts between France and Great Britain? America’s
national bank had investments in France. America’s national bank had investments in Great Britain. Each nation was pressuring the US to halt trade with the other. Neither nation wanted to trade directly with the US.
It was more that each nation was pressuring the US to stop trading. All Banks are connected in some way, that's why the panic of 1825 happened. however because each nation pressured the US to halt trade, they stopped trading with the US. Very apparent during the Napoleonic Wars. Even though Jefferson was pro France
