How did the xyz affair get its name?

-each letter represented the first initial of the french representatives' names.
-the americans referred to the french representatives as xyz.
-xyz was the tribute demanded by the french government.
-xyz was the tribute demanded by the english government.

Each letter represented the first initial of the French representatives' names.

Explanation:

herodotus taught this. herodotus was an ancient greek historian who was born in halicarnassus in the persian empire. he is known for having written the book the histories, a detailed record of his "inquiry" on the origins of the greco-persian wars.

both are true, the congress does have the power to create banks, even if this power is not specifically described in the constitution, since there is nothing restricting it and there is power given to the congress to make "all laws which shall be necessary and proper". maryland was not allowed to tax a branch of the national bank operating there, and the supreme court decided that no state could. both of these topics were discussed in a decision of the mcculloch v. maryland case in 1819.