“Liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from our Maker,” said John Adams on the spirit of the American Revolution, liberty. Rising up in the name of liberty against the tyranny of England, the former colonist evolved into the very things that they swore to never become: immoral, classist, tyrannical England, all in the name of liberty. No longer looking out for the yeoman farmers of the world and white immigrants, as well as strengthening the national government and quashing rebellion, the Constitution and early presidential administrations failed to channel the spirit of the American Revolution, on which the country was founded upon.
The United State’s Constitution, George Washington’s Presidency, and John …show more content…
The core document of American liberty and law, the Constitution itself outlines the national government’s supremacy over the individual states’ government, which lies in sharp contrast to the spirit of the American Revolution, whose was to break away from England and its strong central government in favor of a looser national government. In addition to the Constitution, Hamilton’s program also strengthen the national government by national assumption of states’ debt from the war, creating a new national debt, establishing a national bank, government promotion of industrial manufacture by means of tariffs and subsidies, and the creation of a national army. Also in Washington’s Presidency and a result of Hamilton’s Whiskey Tax, the Whiskey Rebellion, the rebellion of small farmers who thought that the government was taking their liberty, was swiftly crushed by the army, led Washington himself, the founding father of the United States of America. Becoming more and more like England, Washington and his men quashed the rebellion, which had many parallels to the arguments made in the American Revolution. One of such parallels is the fact that the American Revolution started out as outrage for seemingly unjust taxation. Continuing to forcibly silence popular criticism, John Adams enacted the Sedition Act of 1798, which allowed him to prosecute any public assembly or publication that criticized his administration or federalist policy. While this measure was largely more lenient than those in Europe, it allowed the government sanctioned persecution of the Democratic-Republican press, that the administration claimed was endangering liberty, which proved James Madison’s previous statement that the Bill of Rights would become a “parchment barrier” and
The United State’s Constitution, George Washington’s Presidency, and John …show more content…
The core document of American liberty and law, the Constitution itself outlines the national government’s supremacy over the individual states’ government, which lies in sharp contrast to the spirit of the American Revolution, whose was to break away from England and its strong central government in favor of a looser national government. In addition to the Constitution, Hamilton’s program also strengthen the national government by national assumption of states’ debt from the war, creating a new national debt, establishing a national bank, government promotion of industrial manufacture by means of tariffs and subsidies, and the creation of a national army. Also in Washington’s Presidency and a result of Hamilton’s Whiskey Tax, the Whiskey Rebellion, the rebellion of small farmers who thought that the government was taking their liberty, was swiftly crushed by the army, led Washington himself, the founding father of the United States of America. Becoming more and more like England, Washington and his men quashed the rebellion, which had many parallels to the arguments made in the American Revolution. One of such parallels is the fact that the American Revolution started out as outrage for seemingly unjust taxation. Continuing to forcibly silence popular criticism, John Adams enacted the Sedition Act of 1798, which allowed him to prosecute any public assembly or publication that criticized his administration or federalist policy. While this measure was largely more lenient than those in Europe, it allowed the government sanctioned persecution of the Democratic-Republican press, that the administration claimed was endangering liberty, which proved James Madison’s previous statement that the Bill of Rights would become a “parchment barrier” and