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  1. What is George Washington’s purpose in responding the way he does?

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    Questions: - What is George Washington’s purpose in responding the way he does?
  2. What does Washington mean by the “immunities of citizenship” (par. 3)?

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  3. Washington writes, in 1790, that “[i]t is now no more that toleration is spoken of” and that the government “gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance” (par. 3). To what extent was that so then? Is it so today?

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    Questions: - Washington writes, in 1790, that “[i]t is now no more that toleration is spoken of” and that the government “gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance” (par. 3). To what extent was that so then? Is it so today?