***FOREIGN POLICY***
List of Acts and treaties passed during John Adams' presidency ~
~ XYZ Affair
~ Quasi-War
~ 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.
to try to stop the French from sinking our naval ships, John Adams sent 3 people to france to negotiate with France
these men were:
~ Charles Pinckney, United States minister
~John Marshall, a Virginia lawyer
~Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts.
After a $250,000 bribe by France (the XYZ affair) John Adams declared the Quasi-War, which wasn't a war at all but he used his power.
~ XYZ Affair
~ Quasi-War
~ 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.
to try to stop the French from sinking our naval ships, John Adams sent 3 people to france to negotiate with France
these men were:
~ Charles Pinckney, United States minister
~John Marshall, a Virginia lawyer
~Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts.
After a $250,000 bribe by France (the XYZ affair) John Adams declared the Quasi-War, which wasn't a war at all but he used his power.