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The Proclamation of Neutrality was a formal announcement made on April 22,1793, to declare the nations neutral in the conflicts between Great Britain and France.
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The XYZ Affair was a diplomatic incident where John Adams set forth three minister to France to settle a commercial agreement to protect U.S. shipping.
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The Convention of 1800, also known as the Treaty of Mortefontaine, was an agreement to settle the hostilities between the U.S. and France during the Quasi-War.
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The Louisiana purchase was a land deal in which the Untied States acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River from France.
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The Embargo Act of 1807 was an attempt by the U.S. congress and Thomas Jefferson to punish Britain and France for interfering with the American trade
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The war of 1812 was a conflict between the Untied Sates and Great Britain over Britain's violation of maritime rights.
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The Treaty of Ghent was a peace treaty signed that ended the war of 1812 and gave neither sides any gains.
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The Monroe Doctrine is a principle of the Untied States policy that states that any intervention by external powers in the politics of American is potentially a hostile act towards the U.S.