USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The XYZ Affair was a diplomatic incident between French and United States diplomats that resulted in a limited, undeclared war known as the Quasi-War. U.S. and French negotiators restored peace with the Convention of 1800, also known as the Treaty of Mortefontaine.

Detailed explanation-2: -The XYZ Affair inflamed American sentiment towards France, as the Federalists took supreme offense to the demand made for a bribe by the French agents. They even went so far as to see it as a declaration of war, seemingly proving what they had already believed when the American delegation returned to the United States.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Congress subsequently authorized various defense measures, including the creation of the Department of the Navy and the construction of warships.

Detailed explanation-5: -The XYZ Affair’s date is 1797, when John Adams sent three diplomats to France in hopes of finding a peaceful remedy to the rise in tensions. November 19, 1794: The U.S. and Great Britain signed the Jay Treaty, which began a positive relationship between the two countries.