Question

What was the citizen genet issue?

Answer 1

Citizen Genêt Affair, in the time of (1793), incident caused by the military adventurism of Citizen Edmond-Charles Genêt, a minister to the United States executed by the revolutionary Girondist regime of the new French Republic, which at the time was at war with Great Britain and Spain.

Answer 2

Citizen Genêt Affair, 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.