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States between 1789 and 1797. He was born on February 22, 1732. His hometown was
He wasnt just the first president of United States. George Washington was a general and
commander in chief of the colonial armies in the American Revolution War. Washington did not
have an easy task when he was promoted to Commander in chief of the colonial army. He had a
disorganized army because they were all farmers. He has managed to hold his soldier through
rough and successful times. One of the successful missions was the crossing of the Delaware
River on Christmas. They had another successful victory at Yorktown, Virginia on October 17,
1781. George Washington and the Continental army crossed the Delaware River and into New
Jersey on cold and icy. The reason why the crossing of Delaware River in history today is
important is because there were soldiers from German soldiers called Hessians were hired by
British. After their surprise attack, Washington and the colonial army took the Hessians as
The battle of Yorktown was the last and greatest battle of the American Revolutionary
War. Around 8,000 British troops have surrendered in Yorktown. Although British start thinking
that they were going to lose the battle. this opens the possible opportunity of Treaty Of Paris. The
French and Indian war lasted seven years between years of 1756 and 1763.
In 1754 Robert Dinwiddie, Virginia Lieutenant governor sent George Washington on the
mission to confront the French forces. Washington mission was to deliver a message from the
governor demanding that the French leave the region and halt their harassment of English
traders. Washington then left Williamsburg, Virginia in October 1753 and politely made his way
to Captain Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre at Fort Leboeuf. Legardeur de Saint-Pierre wrote a
reply saying that French King has claimed the Ohio valley. Washington and his group safely have
In 1783, a peace treaty was signed between Great Britain and the U.S, Washington was
finally done with his duty and gave up his command of the army and he returned to Mount
Vernon continuing with his life, in 1787 he was asked to attend the Constitutional Convention in
Philadelphia to a committee to draft the new constitution. He impressed the delegates with his
leadership and the delegates were convinced that he was qualified to become the nations first
president. At a time, there were approximately 4 million people and there were 11 states and
united states was a small nation. At first, Washington resists, because he wanted to go back to his
quiet life but eventually gave in. The first presidential election was January 1789 and George
Washington won handily and John Adams, who received the second-largest number of votes has
become the nations first Vice President. At that time Washington was 57-years-old and was
During his presidency, he was mindful of his actions and would likely determine how
future presidents were expected to govern. Washington worked very to set an example of
fairness and a model and integrity. In foreign matter, he supported cordial relation with other
countries but also favored a position of neutrality in foreign conflicts. He has nominated the first
chief justice of the United States. He nominated the first chief justice of the United States, John
Jay. he set up his own presidential cabinet. The Secretary of State was Thomas Jefferson and
Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton. Both men strongly disagreed strongly on the role
of the federal government. Hamilton liked the idea of a strong central government while
Jefferson favored stronger states right Washington believed it was important to have a divergent
view of the health of the new government but he was distressed at that he saw was an emerging
discrimination.
After serving two terms as president and declined serving another term, Washington has
finally retired. In his farewell address, he urged the nation to maintain in highest standards and
domestically to keep involvement with keep involvement with foreign powers to a minimum.
And the address is still read on each February on his birthday in the United States senate to
commemorate his speech. Washington later returned to Mount Vernon and devoted his attentions
to making the plantation as productive as it always been. In December of 1799, he caught cold
working on his plantation and cold developed an infection through his throat and Washington
died on December 14, 1799, and was buried at Mount Vernon which now was designated a
national historic landmark. Washington left of the most enduring legacies of American history he
was known as The Father of his Country. He has made many marks in todays American
History. His face appears in dollars bills and quarters and hundreds of school and as well as the
Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in Hardin county, Kentucky. He was born on
February 12, 1809. He was reared in a poor family on the western frontier. Lincoln was a self-
educated lawyer in Illinois, a Whig Party leader and state legislator during the 1830s and a one-
term member of the congress during the 1840s. He was an avid reader and often sought to
In 1846, Lincoln was elected to the U.S House of Representatives, where he served one
two-year term. At the time when he was part of the Whig party, he showed his loyalty by
participating in almost all votes and making the speech that echoed the party line. Lincoln,
involved himself to collaborate with congressman Joshua Giddings an abolitionist to wrote a bill
In 1857, the Supreme Court issued its controversial decision to Scott v. Stanford
declaring all African American were not the citizen and had no inherent rights. Although,
Abraham Lincoln felt were not equal to whites but he believed the America's founders intended
that all men were created with inalienable rights. Lincoln decide to run for senate against Senator
Stephen Douglas for his seat. While he was running for senate, Lincoln criticized Douglas, The
Supreme Court and President Buchanan for promoting slavery and Declared. In 1858 Senate
Campaign has featured seven debates held in different cities across Illinois. The two candidate
did not disappoint the public, they were giving stirring debates on issues ranging from states
right to western expansion but central issue focused on slavery. Newspaper intensely covered the
debates and often times with partisan commentary. At the end of the election, Stephen Douglas
was elected.
for his presidency. After winning the election, Lincoln selected a strong cabinet composed of
many of political rivals. Lincoln's Cabinet became one of his strongest assets in his first term in
office. Before his inauguration, seven Southern states have seceded from the Union and by April
of 1861. In the morning of April 12, 1861. Guns stationed to protect the harbor blazed toward the
Abraham Lincoln responded to the crisis, he distributed $2 million from the Treasury for
war material without a taking from congress; 75,000 volunteers into military service without
declaring a war. The Union Armys. on September 22, 1862, Lincoln felt Confident enough to
reshape the cause of the war from saving the union to abolish slavery. He issued the
Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, which has stated that all individuals who were
held as slaves in rebellious states shall free the slaves. This action was more symbolic than
effective because the North did not control any Southern states, which meant the proclamation
did not apply to the Border States. When the war was gradually ending, General Robert E. Lee,
commander of the Army of virgins surrendered his force to Union General Ulysses S. Grant and
After the war ended reconstruction start to happen. He was confronted by a radical group
of Republicans in the Senate and House that wanted a complete loyalty and remorse from former
confederates. Before a political battle had the chance to start, Lincoln was assassinated on April
14, 1865, be an actor who was well-known and Confederate Sympathizer John Wilkes Booth at
Fords Theater in Washington, D.C and died the next morning he then was buried in Springfield,
Illinois. Abraham Lincoln was and still viewed as the man who freed the slaves and a man of
immense morals. When he wrote the Gettysburg address speech that relates the union back to the
foundations of the nation and the principles on which nation was founded even before the
signing of a Declaration of Independence. Lincoln made his famous speech at Gettysburg and
dedicate a national cemetery for soldiers and Gettysburg changed history. The Gettysburg was, of
course, a dedication for the soldiers who have fallen and buried in one with an actual grave
marker. This was a significant way that Gettysburg Address has changed history.
When the war broke out, it made no sense to lose the nation and yet protect the
authority that has granted him by the people. He had been elected, he told his critics to decide
when an emergency existed and to take all measures required to deal with it. In doing so, Lincoln
maintained that the President was one of three "coordinate" departments of government,
Lincoln's actions pointed to the notion that the President alone is sworn to preserve, protect, and
defend it. In times of war, this power makes the President literally responsible for the well-being
the most lasting accomplishments attributed to Lincoln are the maintenance of the
Union, all accomplished by the ways in which he handled the crisis that most certainly would
have ended differently. His great achievement, history has told, was his ability to energize and
mobilize the nation by appealing to its best ideals while acting "with revenge towards none" in
the pursuit of a more perfect, more just, and more enduring Union. Historians say that Lincoln
was a President in American history ever faced a greater crisis and no President ever
accomplished as much.
Lincoln was influenced by the farewell words of George Washington. He said the
immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness; that you
should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it. Washington reminds him
patriotism to our country would promote happiness. He understood the likelihood this would
bring disagreement. Lincoln understood what George Washington meant and he wanted to ensure
the continuation of the United States. Lincoln knew that The United States heading the wrong
direction. The difference between the states, proslavery constituents and northern abolitionists.
In Order to create the presidency, it is the significant unity among historians that
Washington's job in office set the nation on a path that has endured now for over 200 years,
longer than any other republic in history. He established the criterion that would last for many
years and did more, of the presidential office than anyone could have expected or predicted. As
one historian said, he "invented tradition as he went along." His actions, more than those of any
war council during the Revolution, set a precedent for including the cabinet as part of the
President's office. Moreover, because Congress did not challenge his appointments or his
removal of appointees, principally out of respect for him, the tradition was planted to allow the
President to choose his or her own cabinet. By his actions and words, Washington also set the
standard for two presidential terms, a practice that lasted until 1940. When John Jay resigned as
chief justice of the Supreme Court, Washington selected his successor from outside the bench,
disregarding seniority and thus allowing future Presidents to draw from a diverse pool of talent
enactment, he avoided trying to dictate or unduly influence the judicial and legislative branches
of the government. In not vetoing bills with which he disagreed unless there were constitutional
questions, he set a precedent of executive restraint that would be followed by the next five
Presidents. Moreover, by keeping Vice President Adams at arm's lengthnot even inviting him
to attend cabinet meetingsWashington set the tradition by which the vice president's role is
largely ceremonial.
Also historians say that, Washington hated separation and political parties, he tolerated
dissent, vicious attacks on his reputation and name, and an isolating press his all in the interest
of freedom. There is little reason to suggest that Washington, unlike so many of his successors,
judiciousness, and nonpartisan stance created an image of presidential greatness, or dignity, that
dominates the office even today. He was the man who could have been a king but refused and
saved a republic.
Overall, these two president have influenced America, because they both took the role of
president in action, both made sacrifices when it was need. what they did had a purpose which
involved process-thinking. these types of leader manage to find a way to solve problem no matter
how far they are from the solution or weighing out the risk.and then weigh out the possibilities.
Both George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were there for the people. people were impressed
with their performance as a leader that why today in america people celebrate these two
presidents.
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