George Washington helped to form the foundation of the United States through his emphasis on organizing the new government‚ pulling the country out of heavy debt‚ and obtaining a better relationship with Great Britain. George Washington was the first president of the United States. He was born in Westmoreland County‚ Virginia in 1732. Washington served as a general and commander-in-chief of the colonial armies during the American Revolution‚ and later became the first president of the United States
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German-born American painter‚ is known for his popular work Washington Crossing the Delaware. The painting shows George Washington‚ along with 2‚500 soldiers‚ crossing the Delaware River in order to surprise the British’s Hessians army with an attack. This historical event took place in Trenton‚ New Jersey during the Christmas of 1776. Leutze’s work displayed the heroic actions of Washington and his army braving the icy and cold weather. Washington is at the head of the boat‚ staring at his goal into the
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George Washington wins the election as the first president in 1789‚ inaugurating the Government. He was seen as “virtuous” and seen as a good choice to “elevate the public good.” Washington believed the government should become the ruler over the president. Congress passed the Judiciary Act of 1789‚ creating a federal court system. The passing of the Bill of Rights was promised under ratification of the Constitution. However‚ not everyone was satisfied with the 80 proposed amendments. Alexander Hamilton
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The story Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving demonstrates how Rip gains his personal freedom from his wife just as the colonies obtain freedom from the King. Rip wants to be free and independent ‚ so he finds activities to do in his community to stay away from his wife. Irving uses Rip to connect history and how important being independent‚ and free not only for Rip ‚but also for the colonist of that time. After‚ Rip wakes up from his deep sleep he is no longer deprived by his wife just as the colonist
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Christopher Columbus and George Washington were considered strong admirable men during their time. They both had to push through many obstacles that they faced throughout their life to accomplish the goals that they wanted to embrace. Although they had a few similarities in the way they overcame those challenges‚ they did however accomplish these ambitions with separate mindsets and had difference’s in their ideas to succeed. One of Christopher Columbus’s main goals that he wanted to achieve in
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The general topic of John Lewis’ speech is that the fight to complete freedom isn’t over and they still have a long way to go. John Lewis gave a speech on August 28‚ 1963. It was known as‚ “Speech at the March on Washington”. The reason for his speech was to encourage men and women everywhere to fight for complete freedom. Black men and women were beaten‚ jailed‚ and murdered for participating in peaceful protests. Lewis uses his powerful position to bring awareness to their troubles to try and
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He may have started out as a frail boy who didn’t have a family of his own‚ but through hard work and a spirit of a lion he kept striving to achieve great things. His name was George Washington Carver‚ a slave‚ a boy‚ and most notably an agricultural chemist. Life in 1864 didn’t start out all that well for little George. George’s momma‚ Mary was a slave owned by Moses Carver. In 1861 George became an orphan after his momma Mary and he were taken from their owners by a group of rogue bushwhackers
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George Washington Plunkitt‚ was one of the powers of Tammany Hall in the late 19th century. Plunkitt was born in a shantytown called Nanny Goat Hill and died wealthy and renowned. Tammany Hall‚ the name of a civic society‚ controlled the Democratic Party in New York city. They knew how to get power and hold on to it by getting people to vote for their candidates. Political power leads to personal wealth. Tammany governed NY from 1854 to 1934. The New Deal reforms of welfare and public housing socialized
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Christopher Columbus found. George Washington was known to never tell lie. Apparently‚ this was not true at all. George Washington lied‚ but only a little. This strong man grew up to be a strong general and President. He had a crew when he was in the Military. George Washington and his crew were very strong. They were about to go towards adversary territory. Mr. Washington did not come out the victor in every one of his battles. In 1775 Congress stated that General Washington was the new leader of the
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George Washington is well known for what he accomplished during the American Revolution. Selected as the first Commander-In-Chief of the Continental Army‚ the choice of Washington was an easy decision‚ due to his mere size and stature‚ but also his prior military experience. The outbreak of the American Revolution started with the Battle of Lexington and Concord that took place in Massachusetts. This lead to the Olive Branch Petition attempted by the Second Continental Congress‚ which did not work
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