Upon arriving in France, the delegation was told by three French agents, referred to in reports as X, Y, and Z, that in order to speak to Foreign Minister Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, they would have to pay a large bribe, provide a loan for the French war effort, and Adams would have to apologize for anti-French statements(militaryhistory.about.com). Refusing to comply, the delegation departed and returned home. This event prompted the Federalist slogan, "Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute." The Quasi War also had many effects on both France and the United States. The biggest effect was the new United States navy and the weakened French(American Pageant 13th ed.).
Katheryne Gottlieb U.S history November 22, 2011 Foreign Policies “The right of self defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals, and whether the attack be made by Spain herself or by those who abuse her power, its obligation is not the less strong,” James Monroe (brainyquote.com). Monroe believed that the United States should stay out of foreign affairs, unless the safety or security was threatened by another country, and that Europe should stay out of American affairs. Monroe stated that the Americas were no longer open for European colonization. Even though a few amendments have been made to the doctrine America still uses some of the ideas of Monroe’s ideas in decisions made by the government.
Arguably the strongest viewpoint is that Napoleon’s regime post-1804 is more obvious and the façade Napoleon established to consolidate his power is dropped. The events of 1804 were not a pivotal turning point in the style of Napoleon’s rule but simply embodied his continued authoritarian rule over France. Throughout Napoleon’s rule he made significant and important changes in the area of Government. After the Coup d’état, Napoleon became First Consul (1800) this power was then increased when in 1802 Napoleon became Consul for life, thereby enabling him to choose his successor. This ability was a feature of hereditary rule yet it can be said that Napoleon’s appointment to Emperor in 1804 is the distinctive turning point in the establishment of his hereditary regime.
The solutions were written in the Amendments in the Constitution of the United States written by the Philadelphia Convention . Here are six corresponding solutions to the six problems that they stated. Since the King wouldn’t let them pass their own laws, they wrote in the first Amendment that basically congress will not make any laws to limit the right of people to ask the government to change laws that they find harmful to them. In the third Amendment it says that, “No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in the time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law”, which is basically saying that people don't have to house troops if they don't want to. Since the King was depriving them of benefits of Trial by Jury, they wrote in the fifth Amendment that no one will be put on trial for a serious crime unless a grand jury indicts
The Monroe Doctrine states that the continents of North and South America should be able to develop without interference from the Europe. It did not allow those from a European country to control/colonize any property in America. It basically said that this continents are ours to police, not for Europe to colonize or conquer. The Monroe Doctrine included Hawaii and Cuba eventually. In my opinion, the US does not follow this doctrine today.
Chapter 10 & 11 vocab * Louisiana Purchase- The territory sold by France to the US in 1803, comprising the western part of the Mississippi valley. * Farewell Address- written by President George Washington, published in a Philadelphia newspaper in 1796 to announce that he would not run for a third term and to advise against political parties and having permanent foreign alliances * Proclamation of Neutrality- The Proclamation of Neutrality issued by George Washington on April 22, 1793, saying that the United States were going to be neutral in the conflict between France and Great Britain. * XYZ affair- French secret agents demanded a bribe and a loan to France in the middle of negotiating a dispute over the Jay Treaty * Battle of Saratoga- a major battle of the of the American Revolution (1777) * Whiskey Rebellion- a 1794 protest over a tax on all liquor made and sold in the United States * Federalist Papers- eighty-five essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay to persuade the voters of New York to adopt the Constitution. * Great Compromise- an agreement between large and small states reached during the Philadelphia Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution. It proposed a bicameral legislature * BUS- made to handle the financial needs and requirements of the new central government of the newly formed United States.
In 1785, the newly freed United States of America ‘suffered’ a consequence of their independence from a Great Britain when the Dey[1] of Algiers, Muhammad V ben Othman (1766-1791)[2], seized an American ship and held hostage its crew for no payment of ransom. Dey Othman did not immediately demand a ransom from the American’s -- the fact that he had seized an American ship demonstrated the weakness of the United States Navy, and that, in his opinion, was worth more than monetary goods. Unfortunately, the first American’s hijacked by a militant Muslim force died before they could be rescued. Thomas Jefferson suggested in 1785 that war was the only solution to this complex problem and felt that by continuing to pay ransom to the terrorists was similar to throwing money away. On 26 December 1786, in a letter to the president of Yale College, Ezra Stiles, Jefferson argued that, "…it will be more easy to raise ships and men to fight these pirates into reason, than money to bribe them.
He was against the option of war with Iran or any use of force by the British and let them know that. The American attitude toward a coup dramatically changed after the 1952 election where, “within days of the election, a senior agent of the Secret Intelligence Service, Christopher Montaugue Woodhouse, came to Washington for meetings with top CIA and State Department officials. Woodhouse shrewdly decided not to make the traditional British argument, which was that Mossadegh must go because he had nationalized British property. That argument did not arouse much passion in Washington. Woodhouse knew what would.” In All The Shahs Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror by Stephen Kinzer (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , Hoboken, N.J., 2003, 2006) Woodhouse later wrote of the issue as “not wishing to be accused of trying to use the Americans to pull British chestnuts out of the fire I decided to emphasize the Communist threat to Iran rather than the need to recover control of the oil
U.S. colonies were being controlled by the British Empire and forced to pay taxes to the king. The colonies were upset that they were forced to pay these taxes, but had no voice on the government. In reality, there would’ve been no revolution had there been no French involvement. America had been left to govern itself from 1715 until 1740, called the period of “Benign neglect.” They wanted to establish their own system of government and not be controlled by an abroad nation. America had taken note on how two great historical powers, Carthage and Rome, tore each other to pieces instead of joining forces.
Unlike the British, the French are friendly with the Native American Indian tribes living in America, and the French pay them for land and treat them fairly, while the British take Indian lands and don’t treat them fairly, so the French are prepared to fight the British over land. The French and Indians join forces to fight the British. Among the many attempts to unite the colonies, Benjamin Franklin wants to unite the colonies against France, this plan is called the Albany Plan of union – to unite all of the colonies. Parliament rejects this plan, and war breaks out in 1754 between the French and Indians and the British. They are fighting over power and land in the Ohio Valley.