Citizen Genet
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The Citizen Genet affair of 1793 involved French diplomat Edmond Charles Genêt, whom the Girondist regime dispatched to the nascent United States to elicit support for France's wars with Spain and England.

Links

• Citizen Genêt Affair - Encyclopedia Britannica
• Citizen Genet and Foreign Policy - historical context

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