The following item was a factor in ending the alliance between france and the united states:
a. steadily increasing american partiality for england
b. french interception and impounding of american vessels bound for england
c. the xyz affair
d. all of the above

the alien and sedition acts were designed to:
a. keep the number of foreign immigrants to the united states at a minimum
b. give a formal recognition to the party system within the american government
c. restrain republican opposition to the federalist administration
d. all of the above

Answer 1

The Treaty of Alliance with France was a defensive alliance between France and the United States of America, made in the middle of the American Revolutionary War, which guaranteed joint military support in case fighting should break out between French and British forces, as the effect of signing the earlier decided Treaty of Amity and Commerce.

Answer 2

A series of laws perceived collectively as the Alien and Sedition Acts were legislated by the Federalist Congress in 1798 and approved into law by President Adams. These laws involved new powers to dismiss foreigners as well as making it difficult for new immigrants to vote.