Example Sentences for connection. I look upon my connection with the Wesleyan body as virtually terminated. The laws are made by the king in connection with a council of ministers. We kept on to Nice to make the only connection that would get us back to Cannes. No mention is made anywhere of any function of a priest in connection with it.
The XYZ Affair and the Quasi-War with France, 1798â1800. The XYZ Affair was a diplomatic incident between French and United States diplomats that resulted in a limited, undeclared war known as the Quasi-War. U.S. and French negotiators restored peace with the Convention of 1800, also known as the Treaty of Mortefontaine. Elbridge Gerry. In the late 1700s, the final French Revolutionary government, the Directory, was experiencing problems financing its European wars. Many leaders were also angry that the United States had concluded the Jay Treaty with Great Britain in 1794.
Under Article IX of the Articles of Confederation, disputes between the states (which mostly involved the settlement of land claims to the west) were settled in a convoluted manner: Congress would name thirty-nine individuals (three from each state) as potential commissioners to resolve the dispute.