mar 1, 1797 - XYZ Affair (Mar 1797)

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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

Byabcd

23 Jan 2018

1976

Date:

mar 1, 1797

Now

~ 228 years ago

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