evidence: Similarly, Barton argues that the signers of the Declaration of Independence were Christian and so the U.S. was founded as a "Christian Nation." [...] One can point to other documents to support the opposite argument. The Treaty of Tripoli, for example, negotiated under George Washington and ratified by the Senate under John Adams, declared: "The government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion …" Despite various revisions of this treaty that omitted this phrase, the disclaimer about a Christian Nation is clear. [...] 1. It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ! — Patrick Henry (questionable)