After raising a militia, Genêt sets sail…
May 1793 CE
After raising a militia, Genêt sets sail toward Philadelphia, stopping along the way to marshal support for the French cause and arriving on May 18.
He encourages Democratic-Republican Societies, but President Washington denounces them and they quickly wither away.
His actions endanger American neutrality in the war between France and Britain, which Washington had pointedly declared in his Neutrality Proclamation of April 22.
When Genêt meets with Washington, he asks for what amounts to a suspension of American neutrality.
When turned down by Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson and informed that his actions are unacceptable, Genêt protests.
Meanwhile, Genêt's privateers are capturing British ships, and his militia is preparing to move against the Spanish.
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