1 März 1797 Jahr - XYZ Affair
(Mar 1797)
Beschreibung:
John Adams sends Pinckney and Marshall along with another guy to meet w/ Charles Maurice de Talleyrand; Secretly approached by 3 go-betweens who demanded unneutral loan of 32 mill florins + bribe of $250k to talk to Talleyrand; sent wave of war hysteria thru US
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Unit 4
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