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George Washington: An Amazing Man

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Now you may have heard of the US goverments head executive branch the president. These are men who hold a very important spot in the public eye and are very powerful individuals. But recentley the qulity of presidents have gone down sadley th.e best presidents were men like george washington abraham lincoln and thomas jefferson..."Who was the best you ask"Well thats a hard one but i will give you you answer.

George washington was an amazing man and a wonderful leader. He was not only a strong leader but he was also one of the greatest generals ever known. He not only had amazing battle strategies but he inspired his men to fight and to win. He not only was the reason we won the revoultionary war and have our independence but he is so much more then that. He was the person who led the …show more content…

Thomas jefferson was an amazing man he did SO much for all of us. He was the writer of the decleration of independence making him just as ey a factor in us winning our independence as washington was. He also was one of the great thinkers of the time and thought of many ideals that now we find normals like seperation of church in state. He also founded the university of viriginia something he found as one of the greatest accomplishments in his life. He funded the lewis and clark expeditions and purchased the louisana territory helping us expand our country "from sea to shining sea". And made the public library system allowing access to info for free for all citizens. You are probabley saying "WOW he did all that he is an amazing man the best president" I thought that too untill i thought harder about it. We are talking about the best "president" here not the best man or most accomplishments and jefferson did pretty much all of these amazing things outside of his presidencey(minus louisana purchase and expidition)Meaning he was a terrific man and scholar but not the best

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