Examples of Citizen Genêt Affair in the following topics:
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- The Citizen Genêt Affair threatened American neutrality during the French Revolutionary Wars.
- The "Citizen Genêt Affair" refers to an event from 1793 to 1794, when a French minister, Edmond-Charles Genêt, was dispatched by the French National Assembly to the United States to enlist American support for France's wars with Spain and Britain.
- Genêt commissioned four privateering ships (the Republicaine, the Anti-George, the Sans-Culotte, and the Citizen Genêt) and organized American volunteers to fight Britain's Spanish allies in Florida.
- The Citizen Genêt Affair spurred Great Britain to instruct its naval commanders in the West Indies to seize all ships trading with the French.
- The Affair came to an end when the Jacobins, having taken power in France in January 1794, sent an arrest notice to Washington that demanded that Genêt return to France.
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- After the Citizen Genêt Affair, relations between the United States and France were strained.
- The Citizen Genêt Affair spurred Great Britain to instruct its naval commanders in the West Indies to seize all ships trading with the French.
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- Also known as the Brownsville Raid, the Brownsville Affair arose from tensions between black soldiers and white citizens in Brownsville, Texas, in 1906.
- Prior to the Brownsville Affair, the black community had supported the Republican president.
- After the Brownsville Affair, however, black people began to turn against Roosevelt.
- Senate Military Affairs Committee investigated the Brownsville Affair and in March 1908 reached the same conclusion as Roosevelt.
- Describe the effect of Theodore Roosevelt's treatment of the Brownsville Affair
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- Legal affairs were overseen by local judges and juries with a central role reserved for trained lawyers.
- Civic duty: citizens have the responsibility to understand and support the government, participate in elections, pay taxes, and perform military service.
- Democracy: The government is answerable to citizens, who may change their representatives through elections.
- Equality before the law: The laws should attach no special privilege to any citizen.
- Government officials are subject to the law the same as private citizens.
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- The American "language of liberty" refers to individuals' right to life, liberty and property, and the duty to participate in civic affairs.
- Broadly, the "language of liberty" includes widespread political participation and the duty of the citizen to safeguard against arbitrary despotism; the right of citizens to life and liberty, and the Bill of Rights' protections from politically corrupted governance.
- Democracy: The government is answerable to citizens, who may change the representatives through elections.
- Equality before the law: The laws should attach no special privilege to any citizen (i.e. government officials and wealthier citizens are also subject to the law).
- Freedom of speech: The government cannot restrict the citizen's right to criticize authority or voice opposition to the government.
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- The Brownsville Affair, or the Brownsville Raid, was a racial incident that arose out of tensions between black soldiers and white citizens in Brownsville, Texas in 1906.
- Prior to the Brownsville Affair, the black community had supported the Republican president.
- After the Brownsville Affair, blacks began to turn against Roosevelt.
- Senate Military Affairs Committee investigated the Brownsville Affair, and the majority in March 1908 reached the same conclusion as Roosevelt.
- Describe the Brownsville Affair during Roosevelt's administration, and Wilson's perpetuation of Jim Crow laws.
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- The alternative, that any state may at any time leave the Union and thus be free from Union interference in the state's internal affairs, was attempted and rejected as the South seceded during the American Civil War.
- While each state was originally recognized as sovereign unto itself, the post-Civil War Supreme Court held that the United States of America consists of only one sovereign nation with respect to foreign affairs and international relations; the individual states may not conduct foreign relations.
- The phrase "People of the United States" has sometimes been understood to mean "citizens".
- This approach reasons that, if the political community speaking for itself in the Preamble ("We the People") includes only citizens, by negative implication it specifically excludes non-citizens in some fashion.
- However, because it represents a general social contract, there are limits on the ability of individual citizens to pursue legal claims allegedly arising out of the Constitution.
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- The phrase "People of the United States" has sometimes been understood to mean "citizens."
- This approach reasons that, if the political community speaking for itself in the Preamble to the Constitution ("We the People") includes only citizens, it specifically excludes non-citizens in some fashion.
- However, because it represents a general social contract, there are limits on the ability of individual citizens to pursue legal claims arising from the Constitution.
- The alternative—that any state may at any time leave the Union and thus be free from Union interference in the state's internal affairs—was attempted during the American Civil War when several states seceded from the Union.
- While each state was originally recognized as sovereign unto itself, the post-Civil War Supreme Court held that the United States consists of only one sovereign nation with respect to foreign affairs and international relations; in other words, the individual states may not conduct foreign relations.
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- Therefore, from the early days of North American colonial development, Americans were exposed to a high degree of political participation and autonomy in their local affairs.
- Civic duty: citizens have the responsibility to understand and support the government, participate in elections, pay taxes, and perform military service.
- Democracy: The government is answerable to citizens, who may change the representatives through elections.
- Equality before the law: The laws should attach no special privilege to any citizen (i.e. government officials and wealthier citizens are also subject to the law).
- Freedom of speech: The government cannot restrict the citizen's right to criticize authority or voice opposition to the government
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- At the turn of the 20th century, United States citizens and corporations held about 27% of Mexican land.
- This pushed President Woodrow Wilson to intervene in Mexican affairs because the revolution was negatively impacting the Mexican economy, thereby endangering United States business interests.
- The Tampico Affair did succeed in further destabilizing his regime and encouraging the rebels.
- Virtually the entire regular army was involved, and most of the National Guard had been federalized and concentrated on the border before the end of the affair.
- Although the Zimmermann Telegram affair of January 1917 did not lead to a direct U.S. intervention, it also exacerbated tensions between the US and Mexico.