How Did George Washington Protect People's Rights

George Washington was the 1st president of the United States of America. Throughout his presidency, he dealt with many problems. For example, the war going on between Britain and France, and the Protest of many farmers because of the whiskey tax. Regardless of the obstacles he faced, Washington was better at protecting the rights of the people than Adams because he worked to make sure that every American citizen was safe from war or harmful protests. Washington shows the protection of people’s rights in his Neutrality Proclamation, which he created to tell Britain and France that America is not taking sides. In this Proclamation it states, “The...interest of the United States require that [it] should with sincerity and good faith adopt and …show more content…
The reality is that Washington actually goes deeper into protecting the rights of the people no matter what they have done shows just how good Washington was in protecting the citizens rights. Washington also demonstrates the protection of people’s rights in the Whiskey Rebellion, which he quickly stopped so that nothing would be further harmed. In this announcement it states, “Whereas, [groups have formed] to defeat the [enforcement] of the laws laying [taxes] upon spirits distilled (alcohol) within the United States… it is in my judgement necessary… for calling forth the militia in order to suppress the [revolt]... and to cause the laws to be duly [enforced].” With this announcement, Washington visualizes the world would be without the harmful protesters who are hurting the country and its economy because of the tax on whiskey. He pictures that the protesters have stopped and that all the conflicts are over. During the whiskey rebellion, there was chaos. So, Washington took charge and quickly trained an army, sent them to Pennsylvania, and made the protesters stop, while still showing strong leadership and