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- Mr. president, we need to go to war because the french wont stop
- WE will not be going to war with france
- The americans are fighting back! Get ready...
- NO! that means i have to wait 14 years as a citizen to vote?
- Im signin the alien & sedition acts
- I have to go back wear I came from?
- The xyz affair was when the us sent representatives to france and asked them to stop attacking their ships. The French reps that meet with them where code named X, Y & Z. The french refused because they wanted to paid. The US response was they said no.
- do we have to follow this? Give more power to the states and let them choose!
- This lead to the Quasi-War. This was an undeclared naval war between the United States and France during the Presidency of John Adams. It grew out of the XYZ Affair and ended when French politics changed direction after Napoleon came into power.
- this is becoming violent!
- The Alien and Sedition Acts were a series of four laws passed by the U.S. Congress in 1798 amid widespread fear that war with France was imminent. The four laws–which remain controversial to this day–restricted the activities of foreign residents in the country and limited freedom of speech and of the press. (source:history.com)
- Now we have a treaty with france and their shall be no more conflicts. I want to do what is right!
- This led to the states rights question. This made the U.S question whether the national government is too strong. Some people though yes and wanted to give states the option not to follow the law.
- The alien and sedition rights act resulted in the prosecution and conviction of many Jeffersonian newspaper owners who disagreed with the government.
- End of conflict was when a treaty made between France and the United States in 1800, Napoleon agreed to end France's 1778 alliance with the United States. In exchange, the Americans agreed not to ask France to pay for all the ships it had seized, which meant that the U.S. government would have to pay American ship owners for their lost property.
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