The correct answer to this open question is the following.
We are talking about the period of the early 1800s, when President Thomas Jefferson ruled the United States, and when the confrontations between Great Britain and France were a foreign major issue that affected the stability of Europe.
The United States become involved in foreign affairs in this period because the country had the obvious ties with Great Britain but also traded with France. Indeed, President Jefferson had ordered the negotiations to finish the purchase of the Louisiana Territory to France in 1803 and had strong trade ties with England, also, However, difficulties with England began to generate an uncomfortable sentiment that was part of the reasons of the War of 1812.