Foreign relations between the United States and France deteriorated in the late 1790s over
A) the deportation of Citizen Genêt.
B) French seizure of American merchant ships.
C) the adjustment of the Florida boundary.
D) America's unilateral withdrawal from the Franco-American alliance.
E) Pinckney's Treaty.

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The deterioration was primarily due to the French seizure of American merchant ships, which led to the Quasi-War between the United States and France.

Foreign Relations Between the United States and France Deteriorated in the Late