Do you think George Washington had it easier than his successors simply because there was no precedent?
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Linda Joy
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6-29-2017 The USA had between six and fifteen presidents before G.W., depending on who does the counting, and one of them was black.
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tominhouston Jewels, George Washington was the first President. He was in office from 1789 to 1797. We're on number 45 now. -
Jewels Vern Well, google.com says otherwise. https://www.google.com/#q=how+many+presidents+before+Washington -
bostjan the adequate 🥉 George Washington was the first President of the USA. President of the Continental Congress is not the same thing - no more than the president of General Electric is.
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Yes and no. True there were no precedents. I have read that his personality was a driver of the peoples perception of the office. On the other hand since he was surrounded by the same people who debated, wrote and initiated the operation of the new Constitutional government I imagine that he was amply supplied with arguments as to how the government should function. It would appear from the Whiskey Rebellion of 1791 that he was a very willing participant in its function. He personally led 13,000 militiamen from New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania to put down the rebellion in western Pennsylvania.
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No, I think Washington was just a really great leader.
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In some ways he did have it easier. But also remember the first person walking through the snow has to blaze the trail for everyone behind. It was Washington himself who made such a fine leader and a fine example for the rest.
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Nope. He was a terrorist according to the British Crown and it was his ideals that drove the war and the directions after. Didn't really need to do much as slavery and laws were not issues for them.
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