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1793), incident precipitated by the military adventurism of Citizen Edmond Charles Genêt, a minister to the United States dispatched by the revolutionary Girondist regime of the new French Republic, which at the time was at war with Great Britain and Spain. His activities violated an American proclamation of neutrality in the European conflict and greatly embarrassed France's supporters in the United States.
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SteveThe Citizen Genet affair primarily involved Edmond-Charles Genet, a French ambassador to the United States of America throughout the French Revolution. He began visiting America in 1793 in order to promote American support for French wars against Britain and Spain.
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Citizen Edmond Genet?
Edmond-Charles Genet was the French Ambassador in the United States during the French Revolution. He is called citizen Genet and he tried to recruit people to join the French and fight the British.
Why was Citizen Genet expelled from the US?
He wasn't. The Jacobins recalled Ambassador Genet to France where his liely fate would have been the guillotine, but President Washington granted him asylum in the US where ge lived until his death in Greenbush, New York in 1834.
Who did edmond genet try to get support from?
Edmond-Charles Genet was a French ambassador to the United States during the French Revolution. He was sent to the United States to try to get their support for France's wars with Spain and Britain.
What did Edmond Genet ask American sailors to do?
Help France fight England by commanding privateers
What role did French envoy Edmond Genet play during his visit to the US in 1793?
In the spring of 1793, Edmond Genet was sent to the United States, as an official representative of France. At this time France was at war with a coalition of European monarchies that were led by England. Genet hoped to enlist Americans to serve on French warships, and to use American ports for French naval bases.President George Washington and his administration, insisted on strict neutrality. Genet took his case to the newspapers, hoping to play upon the pro-French feelings of the American people. Instead, his bullying tone rallied support for the President, injured the French cause, and embarrassed the Republicans (these were men who didn't approve of Washington being President). Edmond Genet would return to France empty handed, and a failure.
