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Under my presidency, the French were capturing our ships.

I ordered our ships to attack them back. We were
essentially in a war without declaring war called?
7.
- John Adams

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Answer:

The Quasi-War

The Quasi-War (French: Quasi-guerre) was an undeclared naval war fought from 1798 to 1800 between the United States and the French First Republic, primarily in the Caribbean and off the East Coast of the United States.

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