Writing a Personal Letter Soldier Joseph Plumb Martin and General George Washington were in the same place a number of times the
Battle of Long Island (1776), Valley Forge (1777-78), the Battle of Monmouth (1778), and the Battle of Yorktown (1781). At Yorktown, a stranger stopped to talk with Martin and some other soldiers. Martin realized only later that the stranger was the great General Washington. "Had we dared," Martin wrote, "we might have cautioned him for exposing himself so carelessly to dangerat such a time." Suppose you had been Joseph Plumb Martin at Yorktown. What would you like to have told General Washington about your experiences in the war? What emotions would you have shared with him? Express your ideas in a short letter that the soldier might have written to the general. Your letter should clearly describe experiences and emotions related to the war write letter
The XYZ Affair had a lasting impact on the U.S., even after peace was restored. The U.S. was not at all prepared for a naval battle, so the Department of the Navy was created in 1798 to oversee all naval affairs. Negative feelings about France resulted in the Alien and Sedition Acts in 1798
An incident in which french agents attempted to get a bribe and loans from US diplomats in exchange for an agreement that French privateers would no longer attack American ships. It led to an undeclared Naval War between the two countries.
