led to a French withdrawal. On 12 October, the frigate captured the corvette . On 25 October, the defeated the French brig Flambeau near the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea. Enterprise also captured eight privateers and freed eleven U.S. merchant ships from captivity, while captured the French privateers Deux Amis and Diane and liberated numerous American merchant ships. Although overall USN losses were light, by the time the war ended in 1800, the French had seized over 2,000 American merchant ships. Conclusion of hostilities By late 1800, the United States Navy and the Royal Navy, combined with a more conciliatory diplomatic stance by the government of First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte, had reduced the activity of the French privateers and warships. The Convention of 1800, signed on 30 September, ended the Quasi-War. It affirmed the rights of Americans as neutrals upon the sea and abrogated the alliance with France of 1778. However, it failed to provide compensation for the $20 million "French Spoliation Claims" of the United States. The agreement between the two nations implicitly ensured that the United States would remain neutral toward France in the wars of Napoleon and ended the "entangling" French alliance. This alliance had been viable only between 1778 and 1783. Explanatory notes Citations General and cited references Further reading Bowman, Albert Hall. The struggle for neutrality: Franco-American diplomacy during the Federalist era (1974), online free A history of the use of the term "Quasi-War" in the years after 1800. Nash, Howard Pervear. The Forgotten Wars: The Role of the US Navy in the Quasi War with France and the Barbary Wars 1798–1805 (AS Barnes, 1968) External links "Selected Bibliography of The Quasi-War with France" compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History U.S. Department of State "The XYZ Affair and the Quasi-War with France, 1798–1800" "U.S. treaties and federal legal documents re 'Quasi-War with France 1791–1800'", compiled by the Lillian Goldman Law Library of Yale Law School 1798 in France 1798 in the United States 1799 in France 1799 in the United States 1800 in France 1800 in the United States 18th century in France 18th century in the United States Conflicts in 1798 Conflicts in 1799 Conflicts in 1800 United States Marine Corps in the 18th and 19th centuries Wars involving France Wars involving the United States