An attempt by Pinckney, Gerry, and Marshall to end that imbroglio led to the XYZ Affair and George Washington's recall to active duty.
Thomas Truxton earned two gold medals during this war. It included the expulsion of forces occupying Dutch Curacao by Henry Geddes and the Patapsco. This war led to endless litigation over the "spoliation claims" that continued for 115 years after this war itself was settled by a treaty that began a hundred-year gap in formal American alliances. Before this conflict broke out, over three hundred merchant ships had been seized to protest Jay's Treaty. An attempt by Pinckney, Gerry, and Marshall to end that imbroglio led to the XYZ Affair and George Washington's recall to active duty. Hostilities in this conflict ended at the Treaty of Mortefontaine in 1800. For 10 points, identify this undeclared naval war between the U.S. and France.
Thomas Truxton earned two gold medals during this war. It included the expulsion of forces occupying Dutch Curacao by Henry Geddes and the Patapsco.
Quasi-War [or Franco-American War or naval war with France before the end of the question]