Z - President Adams, The XYZ Affair and Unofficial "Quasi-War" with France by Craig Fleishman https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ad7e7rrh918j 1797-1799 en-us 2017-11-03 13:25:24 UTC 2025-10-14 22:44:35 UTC hello@padlet.com Conflicting Views on French Revolution https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ad7e7rrh918j/wish/203370693 Hamilton: 
- Saw it as total anarchy
- Wanted to break ties with France
Jefferson:
- Spreading the doctrine of liberty
- Support their "sister republic"

]]> 2017-11-03 16:24:38 UTC https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ad7e7rrh918j/wish/203370693 Presidency under Adams https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ad7e7rrh918j/wish/203371325 - head of Federalists
- opposed to British alliance
- wasn't on board with helping the wealthy and Hamilton's commercial-industrial vision
- dealt with heavy political party conflicts and disagreement
- often clashed with Hamilton
- thin-skinned, tempered
- struggled reaching agreements with Pro-Hamilton cabinet
- attempted to balance relations with GB and F
- passes the Alien and Sedition Acts
             this targets foreigners and                   governmental criticizers
- rose taxes to build naval defense against French (who had stolen cargo from American ships)]]> 2017-11-03 16:25:48 UTC https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ad7e7rrh918j/wish/203371325 XYZ Affair https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ad7e7rrh918j/wish/203371340 - Adams sent three envoys to France to resolve naval conflicts
- French foreign minister demanded a bribe before the negotiations began
- American representatives refused]]> 2017-11-03 16:25:50 UTC https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ad7e7rrh918j/wish/203371340 XYZ Affair Video https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ad7e7rrh918j/wish/203371360 2017-11-03 16:25:52 UTC https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ad7e7rrh918j/wish/203371360 https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ad7e7rrh918j/wish/203374109 2017-11-03 16:30:21 UTC https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ad7e7rrh918j/wish/203374109 https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ad7e7rrh918j/wish/203376351 2017-11-03 16:34:49 UTC https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ad7e7rrh918j/wish/203376351 Impacts of XYZ Affair https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ad7e7rrh918j/wish/203376454 - Americans became outraged
- Federalists leaders saw a chance to retain their power by agreeing with the people
- Annulled French alliance of 1778
- Led to Quasi-War with France
- increased taxes
- Alien and Sedition Acts]]> 2017-11-03 16:35:02 UTC https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ad7e7rrh918j/wish/203376454 Causes of Naval Quasi-War with France https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ad7e7rrh918j/wish/203380349 - XYZ Affair
- Adams did not want to be blamed for a bad war with France
- Feared standing armies and preferred navies]]> 2017-11-03 16:42:43 UTC https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ad7e7rrh918j/wish/203380349 XYZ Affair https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ad7e7rrh918j/wish/203381411 - Three agents picured on the right
- lady liberty to the right
- french and african american's eating together (criticism of france)
- eating frogs
- 5-headed "French mob leadership"
- Federalist approach
- the dagger portrays that war might be necessary]]> 2017-11-03 16:44:39 UTC https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ad7e7rrh918j/wish/203381411 Naval Quasi-War with France https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ad7e7rrh918j/wish/203381810 - Unofficial naval war with France
- Raided each others fleets

]]> 2017-11-03 16:45:23 UTC https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ad7e7rrh918j/wish/203381810 Quasi-War https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ad7e7rrh918j/wish/203391541 2017-11-03 17:04:13 UTC https://padlet.com/cfleishman/ad7e7rrh918j/wish/203391541