A strict policy of neutrality, the United States would not entangle itself with alliances with other nations.
Florida took a lot of time becoming a state due to the fact that it faced the same dilemma as Missouri as it entered into the Union. They had to wait for a certain period of time to ensure that the balance between Free State and slave remains unbroken. They became a state when Iowa was admitted into the Union which was a free state which maintained the balance.
George III refused to read the petition and declared the colonists to be traitors.
