Word: genet
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...successor, the Aurora, became chief begetters of what Author Faÿ calls "the second American Revolution . . . that broke Federalism and the English alliance." After the Revolutionary War the Federalists, with Washington as their dignified figurehead, grew cooler & cooler to France, wanted a treaty with England. They overrode Ambassador Genet's dangerous popularity with the U. S. crowd, forced his retirement. But when John Jay brought back from England his famed pusillanimous treaty, even Washington kept the text dark till he could be sure of getting it through Congress. Benny Bache spilled the beans: he got a copy...