Christopher Colombus

Today Americans view Christopher Columbus and George Washington as heros and founders of the United States of America. I am going to start with George Washington because he was my favorite. Geroge Washington was our first president of the United States of America. He was born February 22, 1732, in Pope’s Creek, Virginia. He had equivelant of an elementary school education. Even though he didn’t have much of an education he still became the first president and led our nation for eight years in the White House. As he became known as the president, the citizens gave him a nickname and that nickname was “ Father of his Country.” Before he became our President he was a planter and he served in the military. George Washington’s religion was Episcopalian, which refers to government by bishops. He was also an federalist in the politcal parties. Going back to George washington’s president roll, he was also criticizied qiute a bit, including some of the other members of the founding generations, because he took ownership of slaves. At one time he thought about signing a law that had the plan to get rid of slavery, but he backed out from putting it in order by looking to legislative authority for its conception and execution. Even though he gave a lot and provided generously for his slaves in his will, when he passed away, he didn’t every free them in his lifetime. Other than that, he was liked by people for his duties and by leading our nation. George Washington relied on the department heads for advice, similar to his war council during the revolution. His reliance on the department heads set a precedent for adding the cabinet as a part of the President’s office, which helped a lot. But, since Congress didn’t challenge President Washington’s appointment or removal of appointees, so the tradition was kept to alow the President to be able to choose his or her own staff in the cabinet. By President Washington’s actions and words, he also set the standards for two