This event prompted the President to give a speech
This event prompted the President to give a speech in which he defended the navy as second only to a militia, and prompted the creation of a navy. One negotiator for the Americans was a Massachusetts congressmen, and another was a recently rejected foreign minister who shouted "No! No! Not a sixpence!" During the negotiations, three agents proposed that Marhsall, Gerry, and Pinckney loan France ten million and give a large bribe to Minister Talleyrand. For ten points, identify this early diplomatic incident between the United States and France, named for the letters the French agents used in diplomatic correspondence.
This event prompted the President to give a speech in which he defended the navy as second only to a militia, and prompted the creation of a navy.
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