The importance of George Washington’s presidency is evident in his Farwell address. George Washington wrote the Farwell address as a means to voice his concerns for the nation’s future after he retired the presidency. The main concern Washington had was towards the relationship with foreign countries. He believed that the United States should only be in a commercial or economical alliance with foreign countries‚ but warns about the dangers of becoming military allied with them. Therefore‚ he proposes
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Introduction After the failure of the Articles of Confederation‚ Americans not only needed a stronger Constitution they also needed a strong leader‚ enter George Washington. On April 30‚ 1789 George Washington gave the first inaugural address after being sworn in as the first President of the United States of America. As the first leader of the United States he had to set the stage for the rest of the Presidents to come after him. Being the first president of the United States presented many challenges
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Washington’s Farewell Address Assignment George Washington explained to the citizens in his Farewell Address why he was retiring. emphasized his worries about approaching hazards and dangers‚ and proclaimed his support for a united nation of the United States. In 1796‚ Washington declared in this letter that he would not seek. reelection a third time. A newspaper report contained the letter. In a blunt address to his "Friends" and citizens‚" he counseled and admonished the citizens of America
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“Remarks to the Convocation of the Church of God In Christ‚” by Bill Clinton‚ is a speech regarding our progression‚ and failure‚ as a country. In the place where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his last sermon‚ Bill Clinton imagines what it would be like if we were issued a report card on these last 25 years. He argues that King would approve of our advances in racial equality. For example: blacks can now take office‚ access more housing opportunities‚ advance within the military‚ and belong to a more
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With George Washington’s departure from the presidency‚ the former president made sure to take advantage of his popularity to pass on an important message to his nation. Washington’s took this opportunity to state not only guidelines for which he believed the country should be run‚ but also the dangers that the republic could face. Washington’s first warning was the danger of allowing regional identities to triumph over the single unifying identity that all members of the Union should be under: American
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While George Washington was still a General of the Continental Army back in 1775-79‚ he requested his assistants to stop with their vices like: drinking‚ cursing‚ and even getting involved in religious practices. Therefore this letter was addressed to the states’ governors regarding the disbanding of the army in June 8‚ 1783: "I now make it my earnest prayer the God would have you and the State over which you preside‚ in His holy protection‚ that he would incline the hearts of the citizens to cultivate
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Attending the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation‚ I realized that it was my first time attending an event aimed at diversity since being on campus. I think that it was a good way to reintroduce myself to this issue and how the Otterbein campus is taking steps towards working to a more accepting stance. The only problem I had with the event was the way the speaker classified American families into four categories: Bigoted‚ Color-blind‚ Patronizing‚ and Racially Educated. I think that her
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Justify the title of the story‚ “The Address”. The story revolves around the author‚ who‚ after a long period of time‚ has come to her former neighbor‚ Mrs. Dorling to claim her possessions back; the possessions being lent to Mrs. Dorling by the author’s mother as a ‘refuge’ at the time of war. The author’s mother gave Mrs. Dorling’s ‘Address’ to the author to re-acquire their belongings back when the terrible situation of war gets back to normal. For the frustration of the author‚ as she reaches
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George W. Bush’s address to the nation occurred after one of the most devastating events in our country’s history. Failure to ease the hearts and minds of the American people was no option. People were relying on his guidance and leadership through this time. In his speech he talks about the things he will do as President to protect our country. This represents his appeal to ethos in the speech. His appeal to pathos in his speech comes from him comforting the emotional side of the American people
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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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