Question

Why did John Adams send diplomats to France

Answer 1

An American diplomatic commission was sent to France in July 1797 to negotiate problems that were threatening to break out into war.

Answer 2

The XYZ Affair was a political and diplomatic episode in 1797 and 1798, early in the administration of John Adams, involing a confrontation between the US and the Republican France That led to an undeclared war called the Quasi-War.