Which involved bribery demands from the french?

A. XYZ Affair

B. Alien and Sedition acts

C. The federalist era

D. Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

E. Proclamation of Neutralitly

A. The XYZ Affair

U. S. delegates went to meet with leader of France (Talleyrand), and 3 French agents (x, y, z) only said they could meet with Talleyrand if they paid a bribe. They did not pay the bribe, and the U. S. president used it as an excuse to attack, starting the Quasi War.