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Encyclopedia entry: France, Undeclared Naval War with
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- The Oxford Companion to American Military History
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France, Undeclared Naval War with
(1798–1800).In the 1778 treaty that created the
Franco‐American Alliance
, the two countries agreed to mutual defense and accepted the doctrine that neutral ships carried neutral cargoes. But under President
George Washington
, the United States retained its neutrality when England and Revolutionary France went to war in 1793; and in 1794, John Jay negotiated a treaty conceding both favored status in trade and a broad definition of contraband to England—in effect, agreeing to limit trade with France. French privateers responded by seizing nearly $200,000 worth of American shipping during 1796–97.
President
John Adams
wanted to ...
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