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    The reason why I picked Alexander Hamilton is because he was the founding father that set up our economic system when George Washington was president. With my life right now I am very into the economy and the business aspect of our government and our world today. So I feel like Alexander and I would have gotten along very well and talked about what was up with the economy and setting up everything to get our country out of debt and kept out of debt. And Alexander is much known for his battle success

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    Did Martha Washington significantly impact the people in her life and also the people of the Revolutionary War? What did she do for this country, America? What did she even do in the Revolutionary War? How can a woman be significant in a time where woman weren’t treated the way men were? What is significant about her as a person? Martha Washington was a significant role in both her children’s and husband’s life as well as during the war. Martha helped her husband during the war as well as helped

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    United States greatly and their names were George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe. The president I think that impacted the U.S the most was George Washington who was in office for eight years (1789-1797). George Washington who was the commander in chief and led the army in the Revolutionary War and gained freedom from Great Britain at that time there was thirteen colonies in the United States. In 1783 George Washington signed a peace treaty with Great Britain

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    throughout the novel you begin to feel as if you know the character and are going through the battle with them, specifically General George Washington with whom the reader emphasizes constantly with throughout the war.

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    George Washington was born in Bridges Creek, Virginia in February on the 22 of 1732. At the age of eleven his father, Augustine Washington, died of unknown causes which caused George Washington to live the next few years in different households throughout Virginia. Washington’s official career in the military began in 1752. In June, 1775, the Second Congress elected George Washington as Commander in Chief, which lead to Washington taking control over the Continental forces that were surrounding the

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    property. George Washington, the first president of America was born into a family that also owned slaves, and once he married his wife Martha Dandrig Custis, he gained a lot more slaves. However, his views on slavery changed during the American Revolutionary War. He saw slaves fearlessly fighting in the Continental Army in 1775, and he also noticed some places that did not have slavery and the agriculture were well developed. Also, during the American Revolution George Washington and Marquis

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    1732: George Washington is born in Westmoreland County, Virginia to Augustine Washington and his second wife Mary Ball 1738: Washington family moves to Ferry Farm (a plantation on the Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg); George Washington spends most of his youth here 1743: Augustine Washington, George’s father, dies. George Washington is only 11 years old. Although George Washington is the older child of his household, Augustine leaves most of his property to his sons from his first marriage

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    Valley Forge

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    had no warm clothing. If you were at Valley Forge, would you have quit ? In this moment quit doesn’t necessarily mean stop at that moment. It means after your serving term is up, would you re-enlist ? I will re-enlist because we have General George Washington, we have

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    terms in office. Each of these presidential hopefuls has employed a marketing campaign to earn the support of voters across the country, and the strategies used have given politics an infamous reputation. From their humble beginnings during the George Washington era to their infamy in modern elections, political advertisements have undergone extensive changes. Although advertisements were originally positive messages intended to gather support, they have recently taken a negative turn. These negative

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    Significance of Washington’s Farewell Address and Jefferson’s First Inaugural Address George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were the first and the third president, respectively. Both were great at being presidents in their own ways. In George Washington’s Farewell Address he advised Americans to not get entangled within foreign countries’ problems and conflicts and to not have permanent alliances and treaties, and also to not have different political parties, and he also stressed the importance

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