![]() ![]() ![]() Congress denied this demand arguing that neutrality meant equal treatment for both sides and we intended to honor that position. However, they insisted we allow French privateers with captured British ships into our ports, but not extend the same courtesy to England. ![]() Using this same rationale, we also declared we would no longer repay our loans to France which we incurred during the American Revolution.įrance accepted our decision to not join the fight and even the suspension of loan repayments. This declaration angered the French because they considered our 1778 Treaty of Alliance, signed during the American Revolution and without an end date, still to be in effect.Ĭongress disagreed, arguing that our treaty was with the monarchy of King Louis XVI and with no king there was no treaty. Not wanting to get drawn into that European conflict, on April 22, 1793, President George Washington issued his Proclamation of Neutrality declaring America’s intention to remain neutral. Those events roiled Europe and the ever-festering wound between France and England reopened into a conflict known as The War of the First Coalition (1792-1797). The trail of events that led to the Quasi-War began with the overthrow and execution of King Louis XVI during the bloody French Revolution. Although little known today, in its time it made a significant impact on the course of American history, affecting trade, the creation of our Navy, and a presidential election. America’s first armed conflict with a foreign nation following our Revolution was not the War of 1812, but rather a mostly forgotten fight called the Quasi-War. ![]()
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