<span>The French began seizing American merchant ships
that were trading with the British, so president John Adams, second president
of the USA and one of the Founding Fathers, rebuilt Navy to protect American ships and also started harassing
French ships. This was the undeclared naval war between the U.S. and France –
the Quasi-War which broke out in 1798. However, in In February 1799, Adams sent
diplomat William Vans Murray on a peace mission to France</span>
The framers create a federal system of government in which power is shared between the national and state governments<span> because they wanted a strong </span>national government<span> and the </span>states<span> to keep significant powers.</span>
Only through an amendment to the constitution so A
