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George Washington's Influence On The American

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GEORGE WASHINGTON
Joseph Strohmeyer

“It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.” That quote was said by one of the best and the first president of the United States Of America, George Washington.
On February 22, 1732 in Westmoreland County, Virginia, our 1st President Of The United States Of America was born. He was a great student in school with good grades and basically never got into trouble with anyone.
George had no kids. When he married his wife Martha Washington she already had kids from her first marriage. George Washington was the 1st President of the United States. He was Commander of the American army when the Revolutionary War was going on and helped make the Constitution of the U.S. George Washington was …show more content…

The "shot heard around the world" was fired at a battle in 1774 and the War began. The Battle of Bunker Hill gave the Americans great confidence, soon challenged by the mighty British Army on Long Island, Harlem Heights, and White Plains, New York. Washington retreated to Manhattan and bought some time. He crossed the Delaware and found victory against the British in Trenton, New Jersey and later in Princeton. Washington chased the British back to New York and Washington went into winter quarters in Morristown, New Jersey. Howe's army moved toward Philadelphia. Washington moved all his troops to protect Philadelphia. The British took Germantown and camped there, waiting for the Americans. Washington formulated his plan and his troops in for the …show more content…

The new United States adopted the Articles of Confederation, but its founders realized the necessity to draft a new document as their Constitution. A convention was held and Washington presided and was very involved in the process. After much heated debate, on several occasions almost forcing the convention to be adjourned, the delegates ratified the United States Constitution. Washington was elected president of the United States on February 4, 1789. John Adams of Massachusetts was elected vice president. In April Washington took the office in New York City, where the seat of government was still provisionally maintained. Washington supported adding a Bill of Rights to the original Constitution to specify the rights of individual citizens, but he opposed attempts to eliminate Congress's power to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the states. To Washington these provisions formed the basis of fiscal stability and solid national credit. He supported Alexander Hamilton's proposal for a national bank, and appointed Hamilton to his cabinet, along with Thomas Jefferson, Edmund Randolph and Henry Knox. Washington was very popular and served a second term in

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