Quasi-War
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The Quasi-War was an undeclared war from 1798 to 1800 between the United States and the French First Republic. It was fought almost entirely at sea, primarily in the Caribbean and off the East Coast of the United States, with minor actions in the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
Key facts
- Military conflict.conflict
- Quasi-War
- Military conflict.partof
- the French Revolutionary Wars
- Military conflict.image
- USSConstellationVsInsurgente.jpg
- Military conflict.caption
- USS Constellation in combat with French Insurgente
- Military conflict.date
- 7 July 1798 – 30 September 1800()
- Military conflict.place
- Primarily Caribbean and East Coast of the United States, minor actions in Indian Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea
- Military conflict.result
- Convention of 1800
- Military conflict.commander1
- Alexander Hamilton George Washington
- Military conflict.strength2
- Unknown
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Background
- Forces and strategy
- Significant naval actions
- Conclusion of hostilities
- See also
- Footnotes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
The Quasi-War was an undeclared war from 1798 to 1800 between the United States and the French First Republic. It was fought almost entirely at sea, primarily in the Caribbean and off the East Coast of the United States, with minor actions in the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
In 1793, Congress unilaterally suspended repayment of French loans from the American Revolutionary War, and in 1794 signed the Jay Treaty with Great Britain. Then engaged in the 1792 to 1797 War of the First Coalition, France retaliated by seizing U.S. ships trading with Great Britain. When diplomacy failed to resolve these issues, in October 1796, French privateers began attacking all merchant ships in U.S. waters, regardless of nationality.
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