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Proclamation of Neutrality
Formal announcement declaring the nation neutral in the conflict between France and Great Britain -
XYZ Affair
Political and diplomatic episode involving a confrontation between the United States and Republican France that led to an undeclared war -
Convention of 1800
a treaty between the United States of America and France to settle the hostilities that had erupted during the Quasi-War -
Lousianna Purchase
land deal between the United States and France -
Embargo Act
forbade all international trade to and from America -
war of 1812
Britain defended these actions as necessary wartime measures; indignant Americans called them violations of their rights as a neutral and sovereign nation -
treaty of ghent
Peace treaty that endede the war of 1812 -
Monroe Docterine
The European powers, according to Monroe, were obligated to respect the Western Hemisphere as the United States' sphere of interest