who was the first preident of america?

Answer 1

George Washington. He was a highly respected man, from a well established family. He married well, and was the General that saw America through its revolution. So naturally when your looking for a man to lead your infant country to greatness, you pick a very capable and popular man to be the President.

Answer 2

George Washington.

Answer 3

George Washington was the first elected President of the United States of America. John Hanson was the President of the Continental Congress.
This is what www.wikipedia.org says about him:

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, but this claim is inaccurate.

This is what it says about the "President of the Continental Congress" There were several Presidents of the Continental Congress, but it is a different office than that of the President of the United States of America:

The office of President of the Continental Congress is probably most analogous to the modern-day Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Like the Speaker, the President of the Continental Congress was expected to refrain from participating in debate, and was expected to vote last and only if his vote would be decisive. However, unlike the Speaker, the President of the Continental Congress had no power to assign delegates to committees.

Answer 4

John Hanson was the first president of the United States ynder the Articles of confederation in 1781. George Washington was the first president under the Constitution of the United States.

Answer 5

It was Samuel Huntington. He was president under The Articles of Confederation but it did not work out do to many problems. So, the country adopted a new constitution and elected George Washington who is actually the 11th president you could say.

Answer 6

While the office of President of the Continental Congress had very little relationship to the office of President of the United States beyond the name, John Hancock did assume the position of Head of State when independence was declared. A key difference is that the President of the United States is the head of the executive branch of government, while the President of the Continental Congress was merely the chair of a body that most resembled a legislature, although it possessed legislative, executive, and judicial powers. While today's President can be seen as the most powerful single person in the country, the word president itself harkens back to this legacy of being merely one who presides over an assembly for a fixed time - the antithesis of a King.

Answer 7

Samuel Huttington was the first president. He was the first to preside over the Continental Congress after the Articles of Confederation were signed. The Articles of Confederation effectively created the United States of America.

George Washington was the first president after the Constitution was ratified. There were ten presidents before him.

Answer 8

Goerge Washington

Answer 9

George Washington!!!!!!!!

Answer 10

John Hanson (1715-1783)