Quasi-War

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military conflict naval war undeclared war

The Quasi-War was an undeclared naval conflict between the United States and France from 1798 to 1800, fought mainly in the Caribbean and Atlantic and pivotal in shaping early U.S. foreign and military policy.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Quasi-War with France 3
Franco-American Quasi-War 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict ⓘ
naval war ⓘ
undeclared war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Quasi-War ⓘ
surface form: Franco-American Quasi-War
belligerent French Republic ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
cause French seizure of American merchant ships ⓘ
U.S. neutrality in the French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
XYZ Affair ⓘ
conflictBetween France ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
diplomaticContext French Revolutionary government policies toward neutral shipping ⓘ
breakdown of Franco-American alliance of 1778 ⓘ
effect expansion of American merchant marine protection ⓘ
precedent for undeclared U.S. wars ⓘ
rise of Federalist Party influence in foreign policy ⓘ
strengthening of United States Navy ⓘ
endDate 1800 ⓘ
followedBy First Barbary War ⓘ
hasCommander Benjamin Stoddert ⓘ
John Adams ⓘ
Pierre-Joseph de Sailly ⓘ
Silas Talbot ⓘ
Stephen Decatur ⓘ
surface form: Stephen Decatur Sr.

Thomas Truxtun ⓘ
hasParticipant French Navy ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
legalBasis U.S. congressional authorization for limited naval hostilities ⓘ
location Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Caribbean Sea ⓘ
notableEngagement USS Boston vs Le Berceau ⓘ
USS Constellation vs L'Insurgente ⓘ
USS Constellation vs L'Insurgente ⓘ
surface form: USS Constellation vs La Vengeance

USS Enterprise vs Flambeau ⓘ
opponent French Republic ⓘ
partOf French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
peaceTreaty Convention of Mortefontaine ⓘ
precededBy American Revolutionary War ⓘ
relatedTo Alien and Sedition Acts ⓘ
U.S. naval rearmament of the 1790s ⓘ
early U.S. foreign policy ⓘ
result Convention of 1800 ⓘ
restoration of peace between United States and France ⓘ
termination of 1778 Franco-American alliance ⓘ
startDate 1798 ⓘ
theater North Atlantic area ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic

West Indies ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Quasi-War → alsoKnownAs → Quasi-War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Franco-American Quasi-War
this entity surface form: Quasi-War with France
USS Constitution → engagedIn → Quasi-War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quasi-War with France
XYZ Affair → followedBy → Quasi-War ⓘ
XYZ Affair → hasEffect → Quasi-War ⓘ
Stephen Decatur → participantIn → Quasi-War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quasi-War with France
Convention of 1800 → relatedEvent → Quasi-War ⓘ