America is often a country divided as it is usually by creed; race, socioeconomic status, religion and so on. Members of the extreme far-right often use religion as means for their attempt at governing with often equally false claims that the country and its first government were founded with Christian principles and or entirely on the basis of religion itself.
DATE OF SIGNATORY: 4 NOVEMBER 1796. The treaty was formally ratified by the Senate without debate June 7, 1797, taking effect June 10, 1797 after being signed by President John Adams.
Gather round people it’s time for a history lesson. In this deep dive, we’re going to explore the 1796 signing of what was known as the Treaty of Tripoli. The Treaty of Tripoli was unanimously signed by the government and the senate at the time and it argued in full that in no way shape or form had the government nor its country been founded on the basis of religion.
Initially, the Treaty of Tripoli was signed in an effort to protect American ships while transporting goods and the like through parts of the world (particularly while they were in the Mediterranean.) At the time, pirates were far more a thing than they are now and this served as a benchmark of the time.
Further in the Treaty of Tripoli particularly Article 11 is something all Americans should be aware of. Americans are being lied to about the origins of the government and how it began. In Article 11 of the treaty, it is made abundantly clear that the country nor its government was; has, or was ever intended to be based on the idea of religion in any form.
In full, the text reads “the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.”
Art. 11. As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Mussulmen (Muslims); and as the said States never entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.
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