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  2. XYZ Affair - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Baron Jean-Conrad Hottinguer - Wikipedia

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    In the late 18th century, Hottinguer was one of the French agents involved in the XYZ Affair, a much-publicized diplomatic scandal between France and the United States. In the beginning 19th century, a family friend and associate, Henri Escher, established the first Hottinger representative office in America.

  4. Diplomacy of John Adams - Wikipedia

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    Relations with France dominated diplomacy during his presidency (1797–1801). American anger at French insults in the XYZ Affair of 1797–1798 escalated into an undeclared naval war, called the Quasi-War. One wing of his Federalist Party that was led by his rival, Alexander Hamilton, demanded an all-out war. He rejected it and secured peace ...

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  6. A Few More Published Studies - Wikipedia

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    A Few More Published Studies is the first full-length album by the indie rock group The XYZ Affair.. The music video for the album's first single, "All My Friends", was shot in Brooklyn, New York, in 2007 featuring 1990s Nickelodeon stars Marc Summers, Danny Cooksey, Michael Maronna, and Jason Zimbler.

  7. History of U.S. foreign policy, 1776–1801 - Wikipedia

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    A political cartoon depicts the XYZ Affair – America is a woman being plundered by Frenchmen. (1798) In an April 1798 speech to Congress, Adams publicly revealed Talleyrand's machinations, sparking public outrage at the French. [119] Democratic-Republicans were skeptical of the administration's account of what became known as the "XYZ affair."

  8. Presidency of John Adams - Wikipedia

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    A political cartoon depicts the XYZ Affair – America is a woman being plundered by Frenchmen (1798). Adams hoped to maintain friendly relations with France, and he sent a delegation to Paris, consisting of John Marshall, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and Elbridge Gerry, to ask for compensation for the French attacks on American shipping.

  9. Jay-Z’s lawyer files to dismiss rapper from rape lawsuit ...

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    Shawn Carter, known professionally as Jay-Z, is in a legal war as he fights the rape allegation against him.. A new lawsuit — the third centered on allegations that Carter and Sean “Diddy ...