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Defending a New Nation
In the 1790s, the French Revolution ignited a new series of world wars. George Washington and Hamilton desperately wanted to keep the unprepared nation out of the conflict, as Washington wrote (with Hamilton's help) in his Farewell Address: "Why... entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition?" But when war against Revolutionary France appeared inevitable, the two veterans joined forces once again to build an effective army. |