Do you think Washington should have been president?

Question

Because first of all he started the french and indian war, barely won any battles during the revolution, but he did appoint two good generals that hepled win some battles of the revolution in the south but one of them did not get appointed rank of general in the south until after congress brought in the general washington hated most and then he lost a battle.

Answer 1

Yes, Washington was the only man at the end of the Revolution that had the authority to hold the country together. He was a good leader, who made plenty of mistakes along the way but he was never in a position of having professional, well equipped forces while taking on the most powerful army in the world. He held his army together until the French were willing to provide aid and basically won a war of attrition against and enemy that was divided about the costs and purpose of continued fighting. Washington was the only man in the entire country with a national stature that the new office of President required. Remember that he could had himself named "king" if he had just said the word, but he choose to aid the establishment of a new democracy, not a new monarchy. That alone speaks highly of his character.

Answer 2

The answer to this one should be simple: Yes, it should have been president. Why? Because the people of the USA, in the original 13 states, elected him. It's just that simple.

It is interesting to note that there is no way to remove a president because he should not have been elected, nor is there a way to recall a president because they are incompetent. Three reasons to remove a president: Treason, Bribery, and High Crimes. That's it. If you don't like the president, Washington let's say, then don't elect him or throw him and his party out of office during the next election.

There's no room to suggest he should or should not have been. He was elected and that's that.

Answer 3

No they should have made a Torrie President because they were not going to try and stand up for America. Here is something no longer taught in America REMEMBER THE ALAMO!

Answer 4

George Washington

Fact File

President No.: 1st
Served: 1789-1797
Party: Federalist
From: Virginia
Married: Martha Washington
Born: February 22, 1732 in Westmoreland County, Virginia
Died: December 14, 1799 in Mount Vernon, Virginia
Education: Did not attend college, but studied at home
Jobs Before President: Planter, farmer, soldier
Height: 6 feet, 2 inches
Population at time: 3,929,214
Hobbies: Fishing, riding
Pets: Horse named Nelson
Transportation: Horse and carriage
Communication Methods: Letter
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Born on February 22, 1732 (by the Gregorian Calendar), Washington was known as the Father of His Country. He was an American general as well as the Commander in Chief of the colonial armies in the American Revolutionary War. He was the first President of the United States and served as President of the 1787 Constitutional Convention.

George Washington was the President while securing America’s independence and is generally accepted as one of the most important Presidents in the history of our country. Washington voluntarily stepped down after 8 years in service to his country as President.

Washington was raised by English parents, Augustine Washington (1693 – 1743) and Mary Ball Washington (1708 – 1789) in Virginia, near Fredericksburg. During his younger years he surveyed the Shenandoah Valley, overcame smallpox and was initiated as a Freemason.

In 1754, Washington began his service with the Virginia Militia as a colonel. He served in the Ohio Valley before being asked to aid the British Army during the French and Indian War. Before resigning his commission to marry in 1757, Washington organized the First Virginia Regiment.

After 20 years, in 1774, of work and shrewd investment, Washington was asked to be a delegate to the First and Second Continental Congress’, though he did not support independence until 1776.

The Continental Congress named Washington the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, after which Washington drove the British out of Boston in 1776. Washington was then driven out of New York City, Long Island and into New Jersey.

On Christmas Day, 1776, Washington lead a surprise attack on Trenton New Jersey, swinging the war back in the favor of the revolutionaries. Washington continued to battle effectively against the British, losing some battles but remaining an effective leader throughout, until he helped stopped the British attempts to quell the Revolution by joining American and French forces in Yorktown Virginia and successfully negotiating a surrender, thus.

After resigning as Commander in Chief, Washington presided over the American Constitutional Congress in 1787. Washington’s presence, more than his participation, was enough to encourage the Congress forward, after which he pushed for the adoption of the Constitution where, again, his very presence was enough to convince most states, including Virginia.

In 1789, George Washington was unanimously elected as the first President of the United States, the only man to ever achieve a unanimous election by the electoral college.

During his service as President, Washington was, more than anything, a model of democracy to future presidents, setting precedents in many areas including a faith in civil, not military, rule and a focus on the will of the people above all things.

Washington relinquished the presidency to John Adams in March of 1979, at which time he returned to Mount Vernon and died two years later on December 14, 1799.

From a religious perspective, George Washington was a controversial figure. Like many of the founding fathers, he was a Deist – believing in God, but not believing that God intervenes on a day to day basis. Before the Revolution, he served as a member of the laity of two Episcopal churches in Virginia.

Many of Washington’s talks and personal affairs had to do with his deeply engrained religious and Masonic beliefs. Most of “Washington’s Prayers” are regarded by historians as having been edited or written by other authors entirely.

Washington was an early supporter of religious pluralism. In 1775 he ordered that his troops not burn in the Pope in effigy on Guy Fawkes night. In 1790 he wrote that he envisioned a country "which gives bigotry no sanction...persecution no assistance.... May the Children of the Stock of Abraham, who dwell in this land, continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other Inhabitants; while every one shall sit under his own vine and fig tree, and there shall be none to make him afraid." This letter was seen by the Jewish community as a significant event; they felt that for the first time in millennia Jews would enjoy full human and political rights.

Throughout his life, Washington was a proponent of democracy, fair treatment of slaves, and the will of the Freemasons, and organization in which he was heavily involved.

The capital city of the United States, Washington, D.C., is named after him and he was very involved in the placement of the White House, the creation of the District of Columbia and the placement of the United States Military Academy.

Numerous ships, the state of Washington and hundreds of schools are named after him, and his picture is on the one dollar bill and the quarter-dollar coin.

George Washington set a precedent of valuing his office and continuously seeking the will of the people for every decision – though sometimes he did choose what he felt was best for the country, to the point of having been the first President ever to use the Presidential veto. He is, to this day, revered as one of the greatest Presidents to ever serve, one of the most influential founding fathers and as a beacon of democracy in a time where military might was seen as more important than the will of the people.

Answer 5

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