who was the president in 1770?

Answer 1

Nobody! We're weren't a nation yet!

Answer 2

There was no President in 1770. The United States of America did not yet exist at that time. The first President, George Washington, took office in 1789.

Answer 3

Trick question - There was no president in 1770 (at least, there wasn't in the United States. In fact, the United States wasn't formed until six years later.)

Ruler of this area in 1770 was King George III of England. When the American colonies broke ties with England in 1776 with the signing of the Declaration of Independence, John Hancock was elected president by the Continental Congress. Unofficially, he's the first president of the United States, and not George Washington. However, he's not recorded because he wasn't elected by the people of the United States, but by Congress alone. He still resided over Congress and had major say in all issues, but nor was he Commander-in-Chief of all American Armed Forces, so he was pretty much only half of a president.

After Hancock, who never served his full term, but unofficially resigned when he stopped showing up, the Continental Congress elected John Hanson. John Hanson served one full term, but had the same drawbacks as Hancock had, so he's also unofficial.

The first president officially elected by the people of the United States was General George Washington, who took office in 1789, several years after John Hancock. Originally, since the term "President" had meant so little to Hancock and Hanson, the Continental Congress wanted to make Washington a king instead, King George I of America, but Washington declined, as he'd had enough of kings, and instead chose the term "President Washington," which all Presidents have followed to this day.

If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask.

Answer 4

The revolution did not start until 1776.There was no president in 1770

Answer 5

There wasn't one!

John Hanson (April 13, 1715 – November 22, 1783) was a delegate to the Continental Congress from Maryland. Because he was the first man to serve a full term as President of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation in 1781 and 1782, he has been called the first President of the United States

Answer 6

President of what? America did not declare her Independency from The British Crown until July 4, l776. and George Washington did not assume the American Presidency until 1789.

Answer 7

In the United States there was no President because the country was not yet formed.

Answer 8

President of what? Certainly not the Unites States of America. We were still colonies of Britain at that time.

Answer 9

The USA was still a colony of England. The King of England was the boss man.

Answer 10

Are you kidding me?!

Kid, you should know this: 1776 = USA's Birthday

This means, there was no president prior to 1776. Oh, and our first president was George Washington, if you didn't know that either.\

I'm curious, have you ever been to school?