"The XYZ Affair" was the political incident between the United States and France that resulted in a Quasi-war between the two nations. This was mainly due to the issues between which was resolved after a peace convention was held in 1800.
The United States had concluded what was the Jay Treaty (1794) with Great Britain which greatly infuriated France. As a result, France decided to order the seizure of all US merchant ships. The United States then sent three envoys to try to talk it out and come to a peace treaty between the two nations. But outrageously, the French diplomats issues certain terms for an agreement, among them is the provision of a low-interest loan to France, pay a large amount of bribe to the French Foreign Minister, the Marquis de Talleyrand.
Thus, an <u>agreement was unable to be made between the two countries because of the large bribes and loans demanded by the French diplomats.
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"The XYZ Affair" was the political incident between the United States and France that resulted in a Quasi-war between the two nations. This was mainly due to the issues between which was resolved after a peace convention was held in 1800.
The United States had concluded what was the Jay Treaty (1794) with Great Britain which greatly infuriated France. As a result, France decided to order the seizure of all US merchant ships. The United States then sent three envoys to try to talk it out and come to a peace treaty between the two nations. But outrageously, the French diplomats issues certain terms for an agreement, among them is the provision of a low-interest loan to France, pay a large amount of bribe to the French Foreign Minister, the Marquis de Talleyrand.
Thus, an agreement was unable to be made between the two countries because of the large bribes and loans demanded by the French diplomats.
More than anything else, the Battle of the Somme—and especially its devastating first day—would be remembered as the epitome of the brutal and seemingly senseless carnage that characterized trench warfare during World War I.
<em>The </em><em>statement</em><em> that would describe a country with a </em><em>diversified </em><em>economy would be country </em><em>D</em><em> that has crude </em><em>oil</em><em> reserves and also exports </em><em>gold</em><em> and </em><em>grain.</em>