The USS Constitution And The Quasi-War

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The USS Constitution has been in a total three wars plus encounters with other ships including the HMS Guerriere and the HMS Java. The first war the USS Constitution was in was the war against France in the Quasi-War. The Quasi-War was basically an undeclared war with France because of the XYZ affair. The Quasi-War was also known as the “Half War” or “Pirate Wars,” according to Todd Estes the author of Quasi·War-George Washington’s Mount Vernon. This war lasted two years, from 1798-1800. The Quasi-War had occured during John Adams’ presidency but it had everything to do with George Washington and his neutrality proclamation. When we had gone to war with Great Britain France supplied us with food and weapons so we owed them a debt of helping