He intended to arm slaves with weapons from the arsenal, but the attack failed.
Hello,
The two groups that headed west were the settelers from america and the natives. They headed there to one explore and two for the amount of free land and gold.
I'm pretty sure it was the Spanish conquering South America, and exploiting its resources. Hope this helps.
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.
