Convention of 1800

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The Convention of 1800 was a diplomatic agreement between the United States and France that ended the Quasi-War and normalized relations by dissolving their Revolutionary-era alliance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty
diplomatic convention
peace agreement
alsoKnownAs Treaty of Mortefontaine
countrySignatory French Republic
United States of America
endedConflict Quasi-War
enteredIntoForce 1801-12-21
followedBy renewed commercial intercourse between the United States and France
hasClause provisions on compensation for seized ships
provisions on future commercial relations
provisions on suspension of prior treaty obligations
hasEffect ended naval hostilities between the United States and France
resolved outstanding issues from the Franco-American treaties of 1778
restored peacetime commercial relations between the United States and France
suspended mutual defense obligations of the 1778 treaties
historicalPeriod Early Republic of the United States
surface form: Early national period of United States history

French Revolution
surface form: French Revolutionary era
language English
French
legalStatus treaty under international law
negotiatedDuring French Revolutionary Wars
Presidency of John Adams
surface form: John Adams administration
normalizedRelationsBetween French Republic
United States of America
partOf history of Franco-American relations
history of United States foreign relations
ratifiedBy Government of France
surface form: French government

United States Senate
relatedDocument Treaty of Alliance (1778)
Treaty of Amity and Commerce (1778)
relatedEvent Quasi-War
XYZ Affair
signedAt Mortefontaine, France
signedByRepresentativeOf French First Republic
surface form: French First Consul government

United States peace commission
signedOn 1800-09-30
signedUnderLeaderOf John Adams
Napoleon Bonaparte
subject alliance obligations
commercial relations
maritime seizures
naval warfare
privateering
terminatedAlliance Treaty of Alliance (1778)
surface form: Franco-American alliance of 1778

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Treaty of Alliance (1778) terminatedBy Convention of 1800
Treaty of Alliance (1778) followedBy Convention of 1800
XYZ Affair chronologicallyBefore Convention of 1800
Quasi-War result Convention of 1800
Presidency of John Adams treaty Convention of 1800
United States peace commission resultedIn Convention of 1800
Treaty of Mortefontaine alsoKnownAs Convention of 1800
Convention of Mortefontaine alsoKnownAs Convention of 1800