are more important than others. But all of them have some small or huge events. Washington. Many say he was a great leader. Others say he had a huge impact on our history. Being the leader he was‚ Washington chose prominent political figures. He soon decided to chose Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State and‚ Alexander Hamilton as Secretary of the Treasury‚ Henry Knox as secretary of war‚ and Edmund Randolph as The Attorney General. Now‚ the government thought these were very important to have
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Washington is one of the most important figures in American history. He is regarded as the Father of our country for many reasons. He is the hero of the Revolution war. He sets standard for future presidents‚ and he played such an important part in the founding of the United State. He helped to shape the future of the United States of America. George Washington was born February 22‚ 1932 in Westmoreland County‚ Virginia. After the French and Indian war‚ in 1758‚ Washington went home to Mt.
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Washington Irving was born on April 3‚ 1783 in New York City‚ New York. He was born the youngest of 11 children. His parent were Scottish-English immigrant whose names were William Sr. and Sarah Irving. He was named after George Washington who at the time had just completed the American Revolution. He was educated privately and started writing essays under the pen name Jonathan Oldstyle for a publishing company called the Morning Chronicle. The Morning Chronicle was edited by his older brother
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Causes of the American Revolution The American Revolution embarked the beginning of the United States of America. A war that lasted eight years‚ 1775-1783‚ was able to grant the thirteen colonies the independence they deserved by breaking free of British rule. The war was an effect of the previous French and Indian War‚ which forced England to tax the American colonist‚ compelling them to rebel against parliament. From the 1760’s to 1775‚ many factors lead up to the American Revolution such as the
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which americans commemorate the thirteen colonies claiming independence‚ as well as the events that led up to it. They recall the oppressed colonist who fought against the tyrannical King George and his army of redcoats. Heroes are commemorated‚ tyrants are cursed‚ and liberty is celebrated. En masse‚ this all accumulates to a jubilee of what would later be known as the American Revolution. Despite the regard to which the revolution is held‚ one questions still stands - just how influential was the
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George Washington is one of the most iconic figures in the history of the world. He liberated people from their masters and laid the foundations of modern democracy. Thinking about what he accomplished in his lifetime‚ it would be nice to be able to brag about making a new nation from scratch or kicking out the British to declare Independence later. The American Revolutionary War was the Big Bang for democracy‚ a bang that taught the world that democracy was truly the word of the people applied
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The American Revolution was an extremely important event in history; social‚ political and economic aspects all helped develop a very strong revolutionary spirit within the colonists of America. It helped enlightenment philosophers like John Locke or Benjamin Franklin to step up and lead the revolution politically with great success. All these aspects made the American Revolution the historical landmark that it is today; it symbolizes the way that Americans came together to become independent and
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supplemental material; all the sources were brief and interesting at the same time. First‚ I want to say that I loved the first documentary about George Washington and the rest of the presidents from the Revolutionary Generation. Despite being the first President of the United States and not knowing exactly what he should do‚ George Washington demonstrated amazing leadership skills in his two terms. The fact that G. Washington never got the chance to serve on Washington was quite ironic to me. Besides that
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George Washington: American Hero Matthew Chauvin AP US History Maxwell Suitt September 17‚ 2012 When Charles Willson Peale was on the battlefield of Princeton‚ fighting for the independence of America‚ he probably wasn’t thinking that he would paint his commander-in-chief as such an honored hero of the revolutionary era. Neither did he know that he would paint America’s first president‚ a beloved man to this day‚ being named the founding
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they were compassionate in providing clothing for their slaves. In 1797‚ George Washington proclaimed to his farm manager that he readily complied with his duties as a slave owner to clothe his slaves: Images of slaves in tattered clothing are common historical images that demonstrate that most clothing was comprised of a bulk of cheap and sturdy materials that was often grown on the plantation. Despite the mindset of Washington and other wealthy plantation owners‚ clothing provisions were based
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