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Summary Of How To Be Presidential By Edward G. Lengel

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Washington’s first year in the office as president of the United States was 1789. “How to Be Presidential” by Edward G. Lengel focuses on George Washington becoming the first president of the United States. The author used chronological events in Washington’s life to structure this text to develop his claim that George Washington deserved to become America’s first president. The author uses chronological order to develop his claim that George Washington deserved to be the first president of the U.S. In the text, it states, “By the time the Second Continental Congress convened in May 1775, Washington had cultivated a persona of balanced emotions and careful speech-but not of detachment.” These events in the passage are in chronological
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