it was bad. the french insulted americans, so we went over there
America built up its navy.
Americans were outraged by the XYZ Affair in 1797. The French foreign minister had refused to receive the American ambassador unless he was paid a $ 250,000 bribe and France was given a $10 million loan. The American outrage caused small naval battles to break out between the French and American navies, but in 1800, a peace treaty was signed and good relations between the two countries resumed.
Who was Talleyrand: Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord was a French statesman who became head of the new government after the fall of Napoleon in 1814. He was later involved in the overthrow of King Charles X, and his succession by King Louis-Phillipe. What role did he play? Hw was the minister the XYZ men whent to to make peace with France. He thold them they had to give him multi-million dollars as a bribe for that.
Public support for the French declined, without noticeably increasing support for British-American connections.
The incident is called the XYZ Affair. It took place in 1797 when three French agents, identified only as X, Y, and Z, demanded a bribe and a loan from American diplomats in exchange for stopping French attacks on American ships.
The XYZ Affair was when french diplomats said the King wanted $250,000 for himself and 10 million dollars for France
xyz affair
the xyz affair happened mainly because the french wantd money so tey took it out on the us.
No, John Adams did not accept the bribe in the XYZ affair. When American diplomats were approached with bribe demands by French agents, Adams refused to give in and instead chose to prioritize the country's integrity.
He was the second president of the U.S. He signed the Declaration of Independence He was part of the XYZ affair (an incedent with french agents)
Jean Conrad Hottinguer, Pierre Bellamy and Lucien Hauteval
The XYZ Affair was a political and diplomatic episode in 1797 and 1798, early in the presidency of John Adams, involving a confrontation between the United States and Republican France that led to the Quasi-War.
The nation was unified by anger at the French.
XYZ Affair.
It tore us apart
The nation was unified by the anger at the French