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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783

GEORGE WASHINGTONS LEADERSHIP AT TRENTON SARATOGA VALLEY FORGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
France sent a representative to the U.S. to try and gain support for France in their war against the British. While in the U.S., he also hired American privateers to attack British ships. Washington was concerned that this action could cause the United States to get involved in the French war with Britain which would violate their neutrality. This upset the French envoy greatly who then threatened to call for the American people to overthrow Washington as president.At this point, the French representative was deported back to France.What is the name of this French representative?
A
The Marquis de Lafayette
B
Jean Jacque Russou
C
General Rouchambeau
D
Edmond Genet (Citizen Genet)
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Benjamin Franklin’s popularity in France bolstered French support for the American cause.

Detailed explanation-2: -In late 1776, Congress sent Benjamin Franklin to Paris to negotiate a treaty of alliance and commerce with France.

Detailed explanation-3: -Edmond Charles Genet was a French diplomat sent to the United States during George Washington’s first term as president in 1792. He planned to have Americans attack the British and Spanish in North America, countries then at war with France.

Detailed explanation-4: -According to this first military treaty of the new nation, the United States agreed to provide a defensive alliance to aid France should England attack. American diplomats Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, and Arthur Lee negotiated in France on behalf of the American Colonies.

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