During this war, many Americans toasted to the President "May he be like Samson, so that he can slay thousands with the jawbone of a" certain American President.
The first monograph on this conflict was Gardner Allen's book length study of it. One battle in this conflict saw the American side move from St. Kitts to pursue their enemy, FM Pitot, to Curacao. During this war, many Americans toasted to the President "May he be like Samson, so that he can slay thousands with the jawbone of a" certain American President. Benjamin Stoddert deployed the revenue cutters to fight in this conflict, and ships in this largely naval war include the USS Retaliation, which was captured by the opposing side,and the heroic Thomas Truxton led USS Constellation, which defeated both La Vengeance and L'Insurgente. This conflict was ended by the Treaty of (*) Mortefontaine and was started largely because of the sentiment from the so called XYZ Affair. For 10 points, name this turn of the century war between U.S. and France so named because of its ambiguous status.
The first monograph on this conflict was Gardner Allen's book length study of it.
Quasi War [or as Wikipedia claims: Half War or Pirate Wars or Undeclared War with France]