So Help Me God Dbq

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“So help me God,” is a quote started by George Washington during his inauguration, it’s still used nowadays. George Washington was our first president from Virginia, he was also a great dancer as well as a leader. George Washington acted as a leader when the Whiskey Rebellion happened, he marched there with 10,000 soldiers and made the farmers scurry away. John Adams, however, had a very aggressive, hot-headed temper with a lack of self-confidence. Washington was able to protect the rights of people, while Adams failed to do so. Washington was a more comprehensive leader than John Adams. Document 3 (Washington's Farewell Address) states, “George Washington served two terms as the first president of the United States. Near the end of his second …show more content…

Document 4 (The XYZ Affair) states, “After the Americans chose to avoid war with the British by creating the Jay Treaty, the French felt betrayed. The French refused to then meet with the American Ambassador unless the Americans paid the French a bribe. The Americans refused to pay the bribe and returned home insulted.” This document is showing that instead of staying neutral, John Adams made a treaty with Britain, which made France start attacking American Ships. This made the people angry because they didn’t want to get into fights, and that is why the Neutrality Proclamation was made. John Adams also states “I render it my indispensable (inevitable) duty to recommend to your consideration effectual measures of defense,” and his defensive measures were to put guns on trade ships. Document 5 (The Alien and Sedition Acts) states, “That if any persons shall unlawfully combine or conspire together, with intent to oppose any measure or measures of the government of the United States… they shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and on conviction, before any court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, and by imprisonment for a term not less than six…” Sedition Act, 1798.” This is stating this if you assemble and petition then you will have a fine of at least $5,000 and will have to go to jail for at least 6 years. This act was severely violating the First

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