To declare independence from Britain
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
Travel by shipping or walk there exactly continent were together
When the party that lost a court case asks for a higher court to review the decision, that person is using the right to "appeal," since cases can go all the way up to the Supreme Court.
