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The Quasi-War [a] was an undeclared ... and on 18 June, President John Adams appointed Benjamin Stoddert the first Secretary of the Navy. [11] ...
The XYZ Affair was a political and diplomatic episode in 1797 and 1798, early in the presidency of John Adams, involving a confrontation between the United States and Republican France that led to the Quasi-War.
July 9 – The Quasi–War begins when Adams signs a bill granting all American vessels legal authority to capture armed French vessels anywhere in the ocean. [1] July 13 – Washington accepts Adams' nomination as commander-in-chief. [1] July 14 Adams signs the fourth and final of the Alien and Sedition Acts: the Sedition Act.
By the time the first U.S. naval vessels launched, John Adams had replaced Washington as commander in chief, and he went on to burnish his standing as one of the fathers of the American Navy.
A View from Abroad: The Story of John and Abigail Adams in Europe (New York UP, 2021) review; Anderson, William G. "John Adams, the Navy, and the Quasi-War with France." American Neptune 30 (1970): 117–132. Bauer, Jean. "With Friends Like These: John Adams and the Comte de Vergennes on Franco-American Relations." Diplomatic History 37.4 (2013 ...
The XYZ Affair outraged the American public, and the United States and France engaged in an undeclared naval conflict known as the Quasi-War, which dominated the remainder of Adams's presidency. Adams presided over an expansion of the army and the navy, and the navy won several successes in the Quasi-War.
John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States ... The Quasi-War continued, ...
Named for American Founding Father and president John Adams, she fought in the Quasi-War, the First and Second Barbary Wars, the War of 1812, the Second Sumatran Expedition, the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. At the end of her career, she participated in the Union blockade of South Carolina's ports.