The answer is D. I've done some research.
The X,Y,Z affair was an incident between French and American diplomats where they were trying to make a deal that would stop the French from seizing the America ships.
(that resulted in a war known as the Quasi-War.)
Americans were angered by this because the French agents wanted large amounts of money just to stop them from seizing their ships
Answer: He didn't provide good structure. He also didn't comply to the needs of the people. The people were unhappy with the government so the government declined.
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