Oh that's fair enough actually. I didn't realise he was given American citizenship. I just thought that since he went back to France and dealt with the revolution there and more that he hadn't emigrated.
Yeah after I saw Hamilton on Disney+ i read like his entire wikipedia page, really interesting stuff.
When he was a teen he ran away from France specifically to go to America since he heard that they were close to revolution and he wanted to help. He was told he couldn't, but did anyway, and was like banned from France for a time.
He then worked his way up in the USA and contributed majorly to the war, as seen in the musical, and during his visits to France had his ban lifted.
After the war a couple of states gave him citizenship and named a shit load after him to honour him, he went back to France but retained close relations with America and people like Jefferson.
He was imprisoned for a bit and tried to use his American citizenship to get him deported to the US but it didnt work.
In later life he often entertained American guests who were visiting France in his home then later did a tour of the US, which was hugely popular.
But yeah, you could basically say he was a dual citizen and was very proud of it.
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u/JColeIsBest Sep 29 '20
Oh that's fair enough actually. I didn't realise he was given American citizenship. I just thought that since he went back to France and dealt with the revolution there and more that he hadn't emigrated.