In 1797, John Adams called together a special session of Congress. Adams informed the assembled members that he had sent new ambassadors to France and requested a buildup of the military. Adams’s belligerent message set the stage for the military engagement with France that came to be known as the Quasi War. In the message, Adams included some documents about French depredations in the Netherlands. While these documents have caused some historians pause, this article argues that the use of these documents offer insight into the much larger role the Dutch played in the Early American Republic and in Adams’s own decision-making process. In order to fully understand the origins of the Quasi War, we must consider Adams’s connections with the Netherlands and the Dutch people.

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准战争的荷兰起源：约翰·亚当斯、荷兰和 1790 年代的大西洋政治

1797 年，约翰·亚当斯召集了一次国会特别会议。亚当斯通知集会成员，他已向法国派遣了新大使，并要求加强军队。亚当斯的好战信息为与法国的军事接触奠定了基础，后来被称为准战争。在邮件中，亚当斯包含了一些关于法国在荷兰掠夺的文件。虽然这些文件引起了一些历史学家的停顿，但本文认为，使用这些文件可以深入了解荷兰人在美国早期共和国和亚当斯自己的决策过程中扮演的更重要的角色。为了全面了解准战争的起源，我们必须考虑亚当斯与荷兰和荷兰人民的联系。