We owed them money from when they helped us out in the Revolutionary War, but we refused to pay our debts to France. So France started seizing our merchant and navel ships and forcing the sailors into servitude. Naturally that caused hostilities between France and the U.S.
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France were involved because they are Britain's Friend.
the XYZ affair
The XYX Affair led to an undeclared naval war with France. It was the result of French privateers seizing American merchant shipping in response to the Jay Treaty.
France became involved in WWII the same day as Britain: September 3rd 1939. It joined the war because it with Britain had declared to support Poland's independence. Therefore when Germany invaded Poland, France lived up to its statement and started to fight to defend it.
France was an ally of USA during the American Revolutionary War. However, after the French revolution in 1794 the French Crown was deposed and this led to tensions between USA and the revolutionary leadership. The situation deteriorated further when USA refused to pay debts to France which led to French privateers seizing and looting US trade ships sailing to Britain. As a result an undeclared war between USA, Britain and Batavian Republic with French Republic known as Quasi-War. The war continued for two years from 1798 till 1800.
The war was undeclared
Quasi-War
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The Quasi-War was an undeclared war fought almost entirely at sea between the United States and France from 1798 to 1800. In the United States, the conflict was sometimes referred to as the Franco-American War, the Undeclared War with France, the Pirate Wars, or the Half-War.
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the XYZ affair
France were involved because they are Britain's Friend.
the XYZ affair
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A treaty between the USA and France to cease hostilities between each other in the Caribbean