It was yet another tax. this one taxing stamps for mailing. but it was a fairly small tax until it hit the big businesses who bought bulk and the tax hurt.
In one famous incident in 1782, Col. Lewis Nicola wrote a letter urging Washington to overthrow Congress and become America's king. ... When King George III heard Washington would resign his commission to a powerless Congress, he told the painter Benjamin West: "If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world."
Adams then proposed calling Washington, “His Highness, the President of the United States, and Protector of the Rights of the Same.”
He served two terms, guiding the new government through the organization of the executive branch, founding the nation's capital, Washington, D.C., opening the west for settlement, and establishing precedents that have influenced the conduct of succeeding presidents ever since.
The four positions of Secretary of War, Secretary of State, Secretary of Treasury, and Attorney General became collectively known as the cabinet, and Washington held regular cabinet meetings throughout his second term
By the end of his life, Washington had come to regard Madison and Monroe ... That's why they took their disputes so seriously. ... Why they might be seen as treasonous requires an understanding of the Founders' view of “factions” and of political ... Washington still had in Jefferson, and in the other Democratic-Republicans, ...
n his farewell Presidential address, George Washington advised American citizens to view themselves as a cohesive unit and avoid political parties and issued a special warning to be wary of attachments and entanglements with other nations.
After initial Persian victories, the Persians were eventually defeated, both at sea and on land. The wars with the Persians had a great effect on ancient Greeks. The Athenian Acropolis was destroyed by the Persians, but the Athenian response was to build the beautiful buildings whose ruins we can still see today.
East Florida became a prime object of territorial ambition for President James Monroe and his Secretary of State John Quincy Adams. His secretary Adams was viewing opportunities to confront Spain for control of the region.
