219.More Trouble with France
France was now (1796-97) governed by five chiefs of the Revolution , who caled themselves " the Directory ." They were very angry when they heard of Jay ＇ s Treaty ( p .168), for they had hoped that the Americans would make war on the British . James Monroe was then American minister at Paris . Instead of doing all he could to smooth over this difficulty , he urged on the wrath of the Directory . Washington recalled Monroe , and sent in his stead General Charles Cotesworth Pinckney of South Carolina . The Directory promptly refused to receive Pinckney , and ordered him to leave France . News of this ac tion of the Directory reached Philadelphia three days after Adams ＇ s inauguration .
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