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When the US Constitution was written, many people − from those who wrote the document to those on the outside who read it − ...

In 1787, General George Washington presided over the Constitutional Convention with sphinx-like inscrutability. He betrayed not a flicker of emotion as the architects of a new nation wrangled ...

Challenges Because he was America’s first president, George Washington essentially created the presidency. For example, although the Constitution explained government roles and some limitations, no ...

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Feb. 22, 1732 George Washington is born in a modest house ... elected as the first president of the United States under the Constitution. He serves two terms but refuses a third.

When citizens are poorly informed, they can be easily manipulated by those seeking to undo our founding principles.

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George Washington was the first president of the ... central government connecting the states together under a national constitution. Indeed, he served as the president of the convention of ...