George Washington was not just the president during his lifetime. He was General and commander-in-chief during the colonial armies during the American Revolution. Washington had impacted many lives before becoming president and changing the way things were ran in the White House. His family background was very rich, but lost it all during the Puritan revolution and when his grandfather migrated to Virginia in 1657. He was a very special president to American history. Washington did not get elected
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Thomas Jefferson might have been the most important person in the American Revolution. He was the author of the Declaration of Independence, the first abroad diplomat, the first secretary of state, the second vice president, and third president. He made such a ginormous impact on this country that if he never existed, the United States would not be the same as it is. Thomas Jefferson had a beginning into a wealthy family, became a lawyer, and then later became one of the most inspirational men in
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had backed himself up into a corner and was about to pay for it. While Cornwallis had his troops fortifying the town, Americans were preparing to defeat the general and his army. George Washington had been waiting in New York, awaiting the arrival of the large French fleet. (Higginbotham, Witoski, 1). While Washington was waiting for the fleet, General Layfette sent small groups of militia to stake out and watch Cornwallis’ army as they dug sand and cut down trees to make stakes. (Greene, 69). Layfette
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the modern era, Washington was the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution and first president of the United States. Born into a wealthy family in 1731, Washington had an easy upbringing. He was a member of the upper class of Virginia due to his family's farm land and number of slaves. As Virginia was an agricultural society at the time, the more land and people one owned (while having British aristocrat ancestry) gained them status. Washington never received
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The Electoral College is a group of people appointed by each state who formally elect the president and vice president of the United States. The number of electors is equal to the total number of voting members in the US Congress: 435 representatives, 100 senators and 3 electors from the District of Columbia for a total of 538 electors. Both the democratic and republican candidate try to gain as many electors as they can in every state so that they have more than 270 elector votes, which is just
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The Electoral College is a safe guard our founders put in place to protect the weight our votes have regardless of whether we are in a majority by race, age, gender, geographical location, education, or party affiliation. Abolishing it would result catastrophic outcomes. First, it would create an extreme racial disadvantage nationally because white people make up over 75% of our country's population. Furthermore, white voters make up more than half of the republican party vote alone. The year Reagan
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thousand men (According to Doc A), and about three thousand are at home in the warmth with their families, or three feet under. Now we only have nine thousand, who are waiting for winter to end or their enlistment, whichever comes first. General Washington is trying to rally what remains of us, so he can get a count of what he has, during the rally, he had men read Thomas Paine's newest pamphlet, I believe it was called The American Crisis, it raised the morale of the entire camp, it is almost as
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Martha Washington, Elenor Roosevelt, and Betty Ford were all great first lady's of the United States of America. They all made great contributions to make it easier for every First Lady after them. Martha Washington Martha Washington was George Washingtons wife. They were married for 41 years before George became president. When George set up the presidents job and personal life he and a bunch of men did it. They decided everything had to be formal according to the text by Patricia Brady. Martha
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Having been born in a foreign country gave him a different viewpoint from most people. Working for Washington had allowed him to observe how the weakness of Congress and how state and local jealousies were hurting the war effort. From this point on Hamilton believed in, and tried to work to bring about, a strong central government. He was labeled as a federalist
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The speaker, Dwight D. Eisenhower was the 34th president of the United States. He was a five star general in the U.S. army during World War II and served as supreme commander of the allied forces in Europe. Eisenhower’s farewell address to the nation was the final public speech of Dwight D. Eisenhower as President of the United States. He gave his speech from the white house on January 17th 1960. His speech was broadcasted on television. Eisenhower's Farewell Address was arranged to reach and connect
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