George Washington

also the Battle of Germantown in October” (Washington 1). The Patriots needed a place to stay for the winter to keep an eye on the British army. “The British army marched into Philadelphia the previous autumn and the Patriots couldn’t stop them from taking over the city. Philadelphia was the largest city in the…

(Goldfield, The American Journey, pg. 113). One of the reasons that selecting George Washington as the leader of the Continental Army was a significant decision was because, he had experience as a leader before and it was the creation of the Continental Army. The Second Continental Congress was wanting to gain independence from Britain and they saw that George Washington could help and accomplish that. George Washington led the fight against Britain for eight years to help the colonies declare…

The Battle of Yorktown was one of the most, if not the most, important battle of the American Revolution. It was the battle that ended the war between the Americans and the British. The Battle of Yorktown began on September 28, 1781. George Washington fed up and decided it was time to act on the British. He decided he wanted to take control and eliminate British General Charles Cornwallis and his troops. The British General was stationed at the mouth of…

Alexander Hamilton was one of America's founding fathers who fought in many wars along with George Washington. And wrote many papers for Washington and letters too many important people. Also he was in congress and was the legislature for New York He helped America form into the country that it is today. Hamilton had a pretty interesting life, He was born on January 11 1757 in Charlestown, Nevis in the West Indies. He was an orphan before he was a teenager when his mother passed away in 1768.…

An event in which occurred in early American history is the Whiskey Rebellion. This event took place in Western Pennsylvania and started in 1791. Alexander Hamilton, who was George Washington’s Secretary of the Treasury, had an idea to impose or to put taxes on all whiskey products produced and sold in the U.S.A. Congress in 1791 established excise tax. This way, the U.S can pay of the enormous debt they are facing because of the Revolutionary War that occurred prior to this event. With nearly…

The Battle of Trenton that After the Americans lost the battle in New York, George Washington decided it was a great time to attack. In the year 1776 it was December, Christmas Day in the start of the war. George Washington and his army crossed the icy Delaware River. The Colonial Army invaded the town of Trenton, New Jersey. The Battle of Trenton began on December 25th, 1776 and it ended on December 26th, 1776. The British left Trenton in the hands of the mercenary Hessians, who were hired…

being the General of the Continental Army until on the brink of death, George Washington, the first president of the U.S., cared about America and wanted to keep it safe against upcoming and unavoidable dilemmas the country would face. To accomplish this, he wrote his Farewell Address, with the help of the Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson, and the Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. In this letter, George Washington informed the people that he would no longer run for president and…

The Whiskey Rebellion was an uprising of western Pennsylvanian farmers caused by the excise tax on American manufactured whiskey. Alexander Hamilton, the Secretary of the Treasury, proposed this tax to reduce the debt that the United States had acquired during the Revolutionary War. Hamilton also hoped to reduce the amount of alcohol people drank; in 1791 the average American adult consumed six gallons of hard liquor yearly. Western farmers were not able to sail their crops down the Mississippi…

Army. An issue of this caliber could have easily gotten out of hand and caused a series of chaotic events with Congress. It was the admirable leadership of General George Washington that prevented a disaster that could have ruined the growing democracy that is the United States. An address so important that historians now reference Washington as an ideal leader who puts our nation’s state of well being above all. The year is 1783. British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown two…

orchestrated by General George Washington on December 26, 1776 at Trenton, New Jersey. since August 1776, British forces had been pursuing the Colonial Army south and out of New York. The British then Proceeded to drive the Colonists further south, across New Jersey. This forced General Washington to lead his men through the Delaware river where they camped on the Pennsylvanian side short of necessities such as food, ammunition, and supplies. Soon after George Washington vigorously pondered…