Will Serve to Establish a?
"As the First of Every Thing, in Our Situation Will Serve to Establish a Precedent," He Wrote James Madison, "It Is Devoutly Wished on My Part, That These...
"As the first of every thing, in our situation will serve to establish a Precedent," he wrote James Madison, "it is devoutly wished on my part, that these precedents may be fixed on true principles."
What did George Washington do in office?
George Washington is often called the “Father of His (or Our) Country.” He not only served as the first president of the United States, but he also commanded the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1775–83) and presided over the convention that drafted the U.S. Constitution.
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