The Jay Treaty and the XYZ affair caused anger among citizens mostly because they threatened Americans

Question

pride, constitution, military, or boundaries

Answer 1

Jay Treaty passed with 2/3 vote, one less vote and it would have failed

Those 2 cases are not really the same. There was partisanship for Britain and partisanship for France, eg Adams and Jefferson respectively.

Probably 'sovereignty' would be a fair answer since as Asams said, we don't want to get involved in Euorpean politics at all.