George Washington commanded the Continental Army to victory in the American Revolution, presided over the Constitutional Convention, and served as the first U.S. President, estabalishing the governance that would lead the country for over two hundred and fifty years.
George Washington fought for our freedom when few others would. He had armies of men who only signed up for a few months to a couple of years. He had to constantly retrain soldiers, sometimes at critical moments in the battles.
Washington never asked anything of his troop that he wasn’t also willing to do.
Americans wanted to make him a king. He refused. Washington gave up a title and, instead, became the Father of the United States. He was the symbol of freedom. Turner addresses slavery in the clip at about 06:30.
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The American Revolution
I am watching Ken Burns’ version of The American Revolution. It’s decent, but he spends too much time on slavery and barely mentions most of the great men who sacrificed everything for a free country.
These are the most powerful men who dedicated their lives to creating a constitutional republic.
Virginia was led by George Mason; he drafted the first Declaration of Rights that would eventually be the basis of the Bill of Rights. The other powerful Virginian was Thomas Jefferson. He was the primary author behind the Declaration of Independence, along with James Madison from Massachusetts.
John Adams was a leading legal mind who actually helped defend British troops after the Boston Massacre. His ideas shaped the concept of the separation of powers, as well as due process.
Samuel Adams, John’s cousin, also played a major role in New England. He organized a patriot group called the Sons of Liberty. The winter before his state’s convention, his posse threw hundreds of pounds of British tea into Boston Harbor.
John Jay emphasized the different authorities given to New York’s chief executive, called the Governor, as well as the Assembly in Albany. Benjamin Franklin advocated for independence in Pennsylvania. He was later deployed to Paris, where he secured military and financial aid from the French to fight the British.
After each colony’s convention decided to split from Great Britain, delegates were dispatched to Philadelphia that summer. They gathered at the Pennsylvania State House, beginning in early July. Fifty-six men signed their names to the Declaration of Independence. That document was eventually sent to King George the Third in London.
Enraged, the monarch convened a special session of Parliament, saying, quote, “No people ever enjoyed more happiness or lived under a milder government than our American colonists.” After eight years of war, Great Britain finally surrendered in 1783.
