MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS FROM ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS TO XYZ AFFAIR
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Detailed explanation-1: -Adams secured a $2 million loan. A revived Adams returned to Paris in 1782 to negotiate the peace treaty that would end the Revolutionary War. The task reunited him with Benjamin Franklin. Like Adams, John Jay, the third delegate, refused to negotiate until England recognized American independence.
Detailed explanation-2: -After several weeks of negotiation, the American envoys and Napoleon signed the Treaty of Mortefontaine, which released the United States from its Revolutionary War alliance with France and brought an end to the Quasi-War.
Detailed explanation-3: -He was to join Franklin and Arthur Lee in Paris to negotiate an alliance with the French, who were debating whether or not they would recognize and aid the United States. On April 1, he arrived in Spain, where Adams learned that France had already agreed to an alliance with the United States on February 6.
Detailed explanation-4: -The XYZ Affair (1797-1798) involved an American peace delegation in France, three agents of the French Foreign Minister (labeled as X, Y, and Z in President John Adams’ initial communications with Congress), and the French Foreign Minister’s demand for a bribe from the American delegation.