As a result of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XYZ_Affair" id="mwTA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="XYZ Affair">XYZ Affair</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress" id="mwTQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Congress">US Congress</a> rescinds the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Alliance_(1778)" id="mwTg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Treaty of Alliance (1778)">Treaty of Alliance</a> with France sparking the "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasi-War" id="mwTw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Quasi-War">Quasi-War</a>".