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George Washington (Hardcover, Revised edition)
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George Washington (Hardcover, Revised edition)
Series: American Pres Reference Series
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Each volume in the new American Presidents Reference Series is
organized around an individual presidency and gathers a host of
biographical, analytical, and primary source historical material
that will analyze the presidency and bring the president, his
administration, and his times to life. The series focuses on key
moments in U.S. political history as seen through the eyes of the
most influential presidents to take the oath of office. Unique
headnotes provide the context to data, tables and excerpted primary
source documents. George Washington, born in 1732, was the first
president under the Constitution of the United States. In 1753 he
began his military career as a major in the Virginia militia. In
1755 he was appointed aide-de-camp to Major General Edward
Braddock, under whom he fought in the French and Indian War. Three
years later Washington resigned his post to seek election to the
Virginia House of Burgesses, where he served for nine years. He was
also a Virginia delegate to the First Continental Convention. On
June 16, 1775, Washington accepted a commission as the commanding
general of the Continental army. His skills as a multifaceted
leader military, political, inspirational eventually led to the
British defeat, the signing of the Treaty of Paris in September
1783, and Washington's retirement. However, in 1787 he agreed to
serve as a delegate to the constitutional convention. Presidential
electors unanimously elected Washington president in 1789. Key
events during his two terms of office were the enactment of the
Bill of Rights, Washington's commitment to neutrality in his
foreign policies, and the ongoing debate about the role of the
national government as championed by ardent opponents in
Washington's administration: the Democratic-Republican Secretary of
State Thomas Jefferson and the Federalist Secretary of the Treasury
Alexander Hamilton. Washington established the tradition of the
two-term presidency when he retired. George Washington died on
December 14, 1799. This new volume of the presidency of George
Washington will cover: His military exploits before, during, and
after the American Revolution, His inspirational role during the
constitutional convention, The Jeffersonian and Hamiltonian
political perspectives, Foreign affairs, American neutrality, and
the Jay Treaty of 1795, Washington's legacy on American democracy.
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