Episode 4 of 6
News of France's war reaches America
- When
- April 1793 (first half)
- Where
- United States
News that revolutionary France had declared war on Great Britain in February 1793 did not reach America until the first half of April.
News that Revolutionary France had declared war on Great Britain in February 1793—and that France, by its own volition, was now at war with all of Europe—did not reach America until the first half of April of that year, prompting the administration's neutrality deliberations.
Sources
- Proclamation of Neutrality Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-06
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