{"id":11149,"date":"2017-09-08t15:16:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-08t22:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/?p=11149"},"modified":"2017-09-08t12:17:19","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08t19:17:19","slug":"xyz-affair-apush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/ap\/xyz-affair-apush\/","title":{"rendered":"xyz affair: apush topics to study for test day"},"content":{"rendered":"

tensions continued to increase between the u.s. and france until the quasi war broke out from 1798 to 1800. the xyz affair was one of the events that led to this war. what was it? who was involved with it? here are some xyz affair apush review points to know for the exam. <\/p>\n

what was the xyz affair?<\/h2>\n

france seized american ships as they fought against the british. however, tensions between these nations continued to rise, especially when president john adams criticized the french revolution.<\/p>\n

finally, president adams decided to send three delegates to meet with the french foreign minister. unfortunately, when the delegates got to france, they had to meet with three french agents instead. <\/p>\n

the agents said that the americans needed to pay a substantial bribe among other things to even meet with the french foreign minister. this angered president adams. he reported the event to the u.s. senate, referring to the french agents as x, y, and z. thus, the event became known as the xyz affair. <\/p>\n

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a british political cartoon depicting the affair.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

dates<\/h2>\n

1797- july 1798<\/p>\n

importance of the xyz affair<\/h2>\n

the xyz affair caused tensions to increase between the united states and france. it led to an undeclared war on the united states. because of it, congress chose to increase their defenses, so the department of the navy<\/a> and warships. <\/p>\n

people<\/h2>\n