George Washington Research Paper

The life of George Washington

George Washington was the first president of United States and held his post for two consecutive terms from 1789 to 1797. He was the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and was also one of the four founding fathers of the United States of America. He was also the leader of the United States Constitution drafting commission which was put in place of the Articles of Confederation. Washington was selected as the president in both 1789 and 1792 election unanimously by the electoral college of the United States. Washington envisioned a powerful nation built on principles of republican thought process wielding federal power. His thought process was to make a national government

Washington was a thorough disciplinarian and emphasized a lot on training. He charged with his troops against Indians in the west and in a time span of just ten months his troop had fought twenty battles and lost a third of the men, as put by Ellis “it was his unqualified success” in the war (Ellis p.38). Though Washington never got commissioned in British Army yet he had closely observed British military tactics this led him to gain keen insights into military strategy and strengths and weaknesses of the British Army and this proved as a decisive and invaluable resource during the Revolution. Washington was tough, courageous and had a commanding presence which made him appear to be a natural leader to the troops and they followed him without any questions (Ellis p.

His plantations were only marginally profitable as they were constantly under attack from Indians. Keeping in view the imminent war with France due to deteriorating relations, in 1798 President Adams offered Washington a commission as the Lieutenant General and Commander-in-chief of the armies to be prepared in the event of a war with the French. He accepted the offer and served as a senior officer of the United States Army from 1798 until his death. He observed the planning for a Provisional Army division to meet any emergency situations that might come up, but was not too attached to the details and delegated most of his work to Hamilton (Kohn p.