MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS FROM ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS TO XYZ AFFAIR
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seized American ships that carried cargo to Britain and sold them back to the United States.
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sent three agents, who demanded a bribe and a loan for France from the Americans.
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tried to resolve the dispute over impressment and released all American merchants.
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prepared for war with the Americans, because they thought the Americans were helping the British
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Detailed explanation-1: -The diplomats, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, John Marshall, and Elbridge Gerry, were approached through informal channels by agents of the French foreign minister, Talleyrand, who demanded bribes and a loan before formal negotiations could begin.
Detailed explanation-2: -The French demanded that the United States provide France with a low-interest loan, assume and pay American merchant claims against the French, and lastly pay a substantial bribe to Talleyrand.
Detailed explanation-3: -Once the diplomats-Pinckney along with John Marshall and Elbridge Gerry-arrived overseas they tried to meet with France’s foreign minister, Charles de Talleyrand.
Detailed explanation-4: -The XYZ Affair was a failed negotiation in which French diplomats demanded a bribe to help them fight a war against Great Britain and preserve their new government. The Quasi-War began when the United States began attacking French ships that were actively attempting to seize goods headed for Great Britain.