The XYZ Crisis is a conflict between France and the United States of America that occurred in the period between 1797 and 1798, during the first period of the presidency of American President John Adams. This conflict led to an undeclared war known as Quasi-War, but soon the peace treaty was signed in 1800 AD. The choice of the name XYZ was a reference to the nicknames of the middle French diplomats in the conflict.

France was at war with Austria and Britain, as well as with a number of European kingdoms. As for America, President George Washington directed it to be a neutral land in those disputes, but after the conclusion of the Jay Treaty with Britain in 1795, France became very angry and began to seize American ships that transport goods to Britain.

President John Adams sent Elvridge Jerry, Charles Cotsworth Pinckney and John Marshall to France, but they found themselves embroiled in a dispute or the XYZ issue, then the Jay Treaty between Great Britain and the United States in 1795 AD to resolve outstanding issues after the list of the Treaty of Paris in 1783 AD, the treaty that ended the Revolutionary War It also facilitated trade contracts between the United States and Britain.

But France was angry with the treaty because it would help Britain to carry out actions against the French Revolution. In the United States, the treaty divided the Americans and contributed to the establishment and formation of political parties. The Republicans were against the treaty while the federalists were in favor of it. The three diplomats were not optimistic about traveling to France because they saw that the French government was in severe decline and once Their arrival was informed after they were allowed to meet with the Secretary of State.

French diplomats were sent to meet the American diplomats, the mediators were Jean Huttenberg X, Pierre Belmay Y and Lucien Hauteville Z, and they told the diplomats that the Khalila Minister and Chief Diplomat Maurice de Talleyrand would meet with them only after agreeing to a number of conditions, namely, to provide France with a large, low-interest loan, and had to The United States agreed to pay a bribe of £ 50,000, to the chief diplomat directly.

The international envoys were shocked by the demands and the chief diplomat was willing to end the ship attacks in exchange for increased money and influence, but when the American representatives refused to pay the bribe, then he refused to prevent the attacks on the ships. But the Republicans demanded that all negotiations that took place be made public, and President John agreed, but he replaced the diplomats' names with letters X, Y and Z due to the sensitivity of the situation and prepared for war.

But John did not declare war, and the US Congress agreed to negotiate directly with the French administration. By 1799, Napoleon came to French power and focused on restoring American lands in Louisiana. The British were at war with France and Britain offered to help the United States on their common enemy. Britain was overjoyed because Growing hostility with France.

She expressed her willingness to help in the event that France launched an all-out war and the French Foreign Minister feared the costs of an all-out war. In March 1800, the French met with the Americans in Paris in order to reach a peace agreement. France was exempted from paying compensation to the shipowners and returned the seized ships, and the United States paid compensation to the aggrieved shipowners. From the French aggression and ended the semi-war between France and the United States.