Jacques Pierre Brissot in America and France, 1788-1793

This study examines Jacques Pierre Brissot (1754–1793), the influential journalist and Girondin politician who championed the new American republic as an example for the French revolutionary government to follow. It focuses on his life from his visit to the United States in 1788 to his execution in 1793.

Bette W. Oliver is an independent scholar with a PhD in modern European history from the University of Texas at Austin.

Chapter 1: Early French Perspectives of America Chapter 2: Brissot in America, 1788 Chapter 3: Great Expectations, 1789-1790 Chapter 4: Legislating Change Chapter 5: From Monarchy to Republic Chapter 6: War, Division, and Terror Chapter 7: Destruction of the Dream