George Washington..First President of the United States..

[Luba]

took his oath of office on April 30, 1789. He was born in 1732 into a Virginia planter family where he learned morals, manners, and body of knowledge requisite for an 18th century Virginia gentleman. His interests were military arts and western expansion. At 16 he helped survey Shenandoah lands for Thomas, Lord Fairfax. As lieutenant colonel in 1754, he fought the first skirmishes what grew into the French and Indian war. The next year he escaped injury although four bullets ripped his coat and two horses were shot from under him.
From 1759 to the outbreak of the American Revolution, Washington managed his lands around Mount Vernon and served in the Virginia House of Burgesses. Married widow, Martha Dandridge Custis, he enjoyed a happy and busy life.
He was eleclted Commander in Chief of the Continental Army in May 1775. On July 3, 1775 at Cambridge, Massachusetts, he took command of his ill-trained troops and embarked on a war that lasted six years.
He realized early that the best strategy was to harass the British. Ensuing battles saw him fall back slowly, then strike unexpectedly. In 1781 with the aid of French allies, he forced the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown.
Under the articles of Confederation, he realized that the nation was not functioning well, so he became a prime mover in the Constitutional Convention of Philadelphia in 1787. He was unanimously elected Washington President when the new Constitution was ratified.
To his disappointment, two parties were developing by the end of his first term. He retired at the end of his second to Mount Vernon, where he only enjoyed three years of retirement. He died of a throat infection December 14, 1799.

[darkangelism]

one of the most important things he did was only have two terms, otherwise the US may have ended up with presidents for much lolnger peroids of time.

[Luba]

Originally Posted by darkangelism

one of the most important things he did was only have two terms, otherwise the US may have ended up with presidents for much lolnger peroids of time.

Do you like that? Would you have preferred for Presidents for a longer period of one term?

[darkangelism]

Yes, two terms means that the president doesnt do what he wants during the first term to make sure that he gets reelected. But what I ment that it could have turned into presidents each taking 4 or 5 terms and being president for decades.