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GOING BACK IN TIME TO FIND THE TRUTH ON WASHINGTON
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The Constitution 1787 The constantly achieving document that shaped/shapes our country. The Country was then ready to start and become a FRESH new nation!
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The Thirteen States
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African Americans “Your being appointed by the Grand Continental Congress to be Generalissimo of the armies of North America, together with the fame of your virtues, excite sensations not easy to suppress. Your generosity, therefore, I presume, will pardon the attempt. Wishing your Excellency all possible success in the great cause you are so generously engaged in.” -Phyllis Wheatly In a letter to George Washington
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Jefferson “The duty and interest of the United States require, that they should with sincerity and good faith adopt and pursue a conduct friendly and impartial toward the belligerent Powers" –George Washington’s Proclamation of Neutrality (1793)
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Hamilton
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"They were inflicting cruel and humiliating punishments upon private citizens for no other cause than that of appearing to be the friends of the laws" –Washington; Whiskey Rebellion Proclamation. Whiskey Rebellion
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Merchant
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Governor “The Constitution has also provided that the number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty thousand…and the bill has allotted to eight of the States, more than one for thirty thousand”. –George Washington, veto of the Apportionment Bill
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BACK WITH THE TRUTH BREAKING NEWS:
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George Washington; A True Leader
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What Happened? IT WORKED, we made it to the 18 th century We interviewed an African American, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Leader of the Whisky Rebellion, A Merchant, and the Governor from Rhode Island. Wow. Majority respected Washington
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The First President WASHINGTON, WHAT A GREAT PRESIDENT George Washington, the First President. That takes courage and is a huge responsibility. Washington was it. He had no one to blame. A lot of pressure was put on his soldiers. He pulled through
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“First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen, he was second to none in humble and enduring scenes of private life. Pious, just, humane, temperate, and sincere; uniform, dignified, and commanding; his example was as edifying to all around him, as were the effects of that example lasting…Correct throughout, vice shuddered in his presence and virtue always felt his fostering hand. The purity of his private character gave effulgence to his public virtues…such was the man for whom our nation mourns. “ -Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee
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Works Cited George Washington. 20008. 21 Oct. 2008. "George Washington Cartoons." CSL Cartoonstock. 20 Oct. 2008. "George Washington's Presidential Vetoes." The Papers of George Washington. 20 Oct. 2008. "Letter and Poem to General Washington." Phillis Wheatly Poems. 2005. The James Madison Center. 21 Oct. 2008 <http://www.jmu.edu/madison/center/main_pages/madison_archives /era/african/free/wheatley/poems/wash.htm>. "Rhode Island Governor John Collins." National Governors Association. 20 Oct. 2008. "Washington Creates the Presidency (Overview)." American History. ABC-CLIO. 20 Oct. 2008.
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