Adams took sudden and unexpected action , rejecting Agree_or_refuse_to_act the anti-French hawks in his own party and offering Supply peace to France .

Sihanouk 's supposedly neutralist policy has its roots traced back to the independence struggle against French colonialism where the Prince forged alliances with several anti-French guerilla groups , both Leftists and Rightists .

However , it also marked Recording the highpoint of French expansion under Louis and William 's arrival as leader of an anti-French coalition , which would hold Defending together in the 1688–1697 Nine Years War and 1701–1714 War of the Spanish Succession .