The "XYZ Affair" has an interesting story to tell. <em>It is an international incident which started relatively small but began to cause a wider dispute between </em><u><em>United States and France.</em></u>
It all started with the problems regarding how to finance the European war that was happening that time. This was brought about by the <em>Jay Treaty with Great Britain (1794). </em>This angered the French people and as a response, they issued an order to seize the merchant ships of the American people. The President (John Adams), knowing about what was happening, tried to make peace with France by sending three commissioners. Instead of meeting the <em>Foreign Minister of France (Tallyrand),</em> the commissioners were met by intermediaries. The intermediaries proposed several conditions or deals in order for them to meet Tallyrand. This surprised the U.S. envoys and the news propagated to John Adams who prepared the nation for war.
Pat's interest in dates and events in history indicate that Pat is a visual learner. According to the VARK questionnaire, it provides students with an outline of their knowledge preferences. These choices are about the ways people attend to take in and give out information, students with a visual preference go for like maps, plans, graphs, charts, diagrams.
The trial of Peter Zenger, a noted publisher in New York, worked to establish the rights of a free press.
Zenger's trial was still fresh in the minds of some of the founders when they worked to push for an Amendment to the Constitution a generation later that expressly gave the press rights.
