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Treaty of Tripoli

The 1797 Treaty of Tripoli, which declared that the US government is not founded on the Christian religion.

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Jan 29, 2026
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Was the united states founded as a Christian nation

The short answer: no—scholarly consensus and founding-era documents show the was not legally established as a Christian nation, even though Christian belief and rhetoric heavily shaped early American ...

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What does the Treaty of Tripoli say and why does it matter for the Christian‑nation debate?

The 1797 Treaty of —ratified unanimously by the and signed by —contains Article 11 declaring that “the government of the is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion,” language that was desig...