From Ally to Enemy: XYZ Affair and A Diplomatic Crisis in the Franco-American relations, 1798-1800
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https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu02.2022.111Abstract
XYZ Affair was the most significant political incident for twenty years of the Franco-American alliance (1778-1798). It was the leading cause of the diplomatic crisis and the Quasi-War in relations between two countries from 1798 to 1800. Based on sources such as treaties, monographs and other documents from the American side, which are related to the topic, the article aims to analyze the crisis in Franco-American diplomacy after twenty years of establishing the alliances through XYZ Affair and the Quasi-War. The study focuses on presenting the breakdown of trust in the Franco-American relations that led to the emergence of XYZ Affair; the diplomatic crisis in the Franco-American relations known as XYZ Affair and the Quasi-War between both countries and efforts of two countries to find a peaceful solution to end the crisis. The result shows that XYZ Affair had been the biggest conflict case in the history of the Franco-American relations since 1778. In fact, America's interest and honour in XYZ Affair is the fundamental cause leading to the severe crisis in relations between two countries. The result contributes to clarifying the history of XYZ Affair, Quasi-War, the Franco-American relations and a part of American diplomatic history in the first half of the founding era of the United States.
Keywords:
XYZ Affair, Jay Treaty, France, America, John Adams, Jean Hottingguer, Pierre Bellamy, Lucien Hauteval
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2023-02-03
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Nguyen Van Sang. (2023). From Ally to Enemy: XYZ Affair and A Diplomatic Crisis in the Franco-American relations, 1798-1800. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 67(1), 157–173. https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu02.2022.111
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