They decried the army’s condition and the lack of Congressional support and wanted to send Congress an...
George Washington
Mary Washington raised George and his four siblings mainly alone, imbuing in George many of his best...
The decision to create a national capital city and the execution of the plan was an underappreciated...
Refusing to lead a military coup against the Continental Congress in 1783 put the new nation on...
Of the nine presidents who were slaveholders, only George Washington freed all his own slaves upon his...
The executive branch of the United States government officially began operations established by the 1787 Constitution. Introduction...
His role as chief executive of a new republic demanded a range of skills and talents with...
Washington had to deal with the personal nature of the differences between two of his cabinet members...
How George Washington shaped the group of advisors as an institution to meet his own needs. The...
The Whiskey Rebellion was the first test of federal authority in the United States. It all started...
It is perhaps the fact that Washington was determined to limit his power as President that is...
His actions in office set a precedent for a strong executive branch and a strong central government....
As the first president of the United States, George Washington set several important precedents for the federal...
George Washington was not born a leader, but he carefully made himself into one. On June 22,...
Washington’s crossing of the Delaware on Christmas night 1776 led to victory, but terrible weather led to...
Through the trauma of war, and by learning from his mistakes, the first president gained empathy and...
The first president was indispensable to our early republic, precisely because he didn’t see himself as indispensable....
Presuming that immigration was a boon to national security, U.S. borders remained mostly open for the first...
Setting Precedent: The First Senate and President Washington Struggle to Define “Advice and Consent”
Setting Precedent: The First Senate and President Washington Struggle to Define “Advice and Consent”
Our Constitution and the governmental structure that it created have weathered crises, adapted to change, and stood...
The admiration of these two former presidents has risen to the level of a posthumous apotheosis in...
The Apotheosis of Washington by Constantino Brumidi, 1865 / United States Capitol rotunda, Wikimedia Commons The Apotheosis of Washington depicts George...