… Europe has a set of primary interests which to

us have none or a very remote relation. Hence

she must be engaged in frequent controversies,

the causes of which are essentially foreign to our

concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in

us to implicate [connect] ourselves by artificial

ties in the ordinary vicissitudes [changes] of her

politics or the ordinary combinations and

collisions of her friendships or enmities

[antagonisms].…

— President George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796

According to the passage, President Washington

believed that the United States should

(1) seek financial aid from European nations

(2) end all existing European friendships

(3) avoid involvement in the political disputes of

Europe

(4) discontinue commercial relations with

Europe