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The Scandal That Led America and France to War
How the XYZ Affair led Adams and Congress to suspend civil liberties in an unprecedented way.
It’s quite an understatement that France was quite a hectic place in the 1790s. Not only did it deal with the chaos of the French Revolution, but in 1793, France declared war on Great Britain. The new country of the United States, which wanted to stay out of European conflict, remained neutral. However, the tension between America and France grew significantly during the 1790s.