The colonists criticized the Stamp Acts as "taxation without representation", because the colonists did not have consent over this form of taxation imposed on them. It was a decision made in the British Parliament without anyone representing the colonies when this decision was upheld.
The federalist papers were intended to convince the colonists and the states to ratify the constitution, since the Federalists believed that a stronger federal government would be better.
George Washington.
Without him as a general, the US may not have even became a Nation (he was a general) He also set up some of the guidelines for present-day US to follow
