Whiskey Rebellion Text Analysis

Araina Rowe
11/23/08
Text Analysis
Whisky Rebellion

1. The writer of the document is the president of the United States, George Washington.

2. The audience is the people of the United States of America.


3. George Washington represents himself of the executive branch and also the legislative branch and the judicial branch.

4. The President is pretty much calling out all the people who have been disrespectful to the people in office and have been, “actually injuring and destroying the property of persons who were understood to have so complied; by inflicting cruel and humiliating punishment s upon private citizens”. He is telling people that it is the persons in office’s job to enforce laws and they shouldn’t change any of the laws just to accommodate others peoples will or preferences.


5. This document is being said in a very serious tone. I can automatically infer this, because of the topic that is being discussed. It is very obvious to the reader that the president means what he says in this document, especially when he says, “I. George Washington, President of the United States, do hereby command all persons, being insurgents, as aforesaid..”. In this section of the sentence, “command” is a connotative word because it would make someone feel solemn or serious to a certain extent because of the word choice he used.

6. This document is legitimate, because it is coming from a primary source, the President of the United States.