THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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grew tired of his ongoing feud with Alexander Hamilton and resigned from his government position
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met with Spanish leaders to negotiate the Treaty of San Lorenzo
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sought to win American support for the French revolution and tried to recruit Americans for the war
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Genêt’s goals in South Carolina were to recruit and arm American privateers who would join French expeditions against the British. He commissioned four privateering ships in total, including the Republicaine, the Anti-George, the Sans-Culotte, and the Citizen Genêt.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -How did Edmond Genet and American privateers threaten U.S. neutrality? their actions could have led Great Britain to attack the United States and draw it into war. What conflicts with the British prompted Jay’s treaty? The British were seizing neutral American merchant ships and helping Native Americans fight settlers.
Detailed explanation-4: -What was the political significance of American reactions to the French Revolution, Edmond Genet’s visit, and the Jay Treaty? The reactions signaled a growing political divide in America. What was significant about the election of 1800? It was America’s first peaceful transition of power.