france wanted the us to help their revolution but they had no supplies, so grorge washington declared neutrality then france started attacking us ships.
war of 1812
we want land
the us wanted british navy to stop attacking their ships, but the british never stopped, so john jay went to sign a treaty then the british stopped but then the france started attacking their ships.
embargo act
us envoys wanted france to stop attacking ships but france wanted 500,000 dollars in return, so the us started a half war then france stopped attacking and ended there alliance.
barbary pirates
the us wanted land and british to stop attacking ships but great britain wanted the same, so they went to war, then us won and british and natives signed over land to us.
jefferson and the us wanted great britain and france ro stop attacking ships but they refused so jefferson passed the embargo act and stopped trade from parts of the us then when it ended they started attacking again.
jefferson wanted to stop paying tribute to barbary pirates but they would start war, so he stopped paying tribute them they started war.