4 OCTOBER 1797 XYZ AFFAIR AND THE QUASI-WAR WITH FRANCE England and France, the naval superpowers of the 18th century, were at each other’s throats again in the 1790s. Spain and the Netherlands were soon drawn in, creating a true “world Read More
4 OCTOBER 1797 XYZ AFFAIR AND THE QUASI-WAR WITH FRANCE England and France, the naval superpowers of the 18th century, were at each other’s throats again in the 1790s. Spain and the Netherlands were soon drawn in, creating a true “world Read More