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George Washington helped shape the office's future role and powers, as well as set both formal and informal precedents for future presidents. Washington believed that it was necessary to strike a delicate balance between making the presidency powerful enough to function effectively in a national government, while also avoiding any image of establishing a monarchy or dictatorship. In the process, <u><em>President Washington significantly influenced the path for the presidency moving forward, setting standards in all aspects, including political power, military practice, and economic policy.</em></u>
<em>Washington set precedents for the social life of the president
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Washington was concerned that the presidents of the Confederation Congress had been overwhelmed by visitors in the past. As a result, during the presidency Washington set aside the late afternoon for meetings with the public and evenings for dinner parties with invited guests. On Tuesday afternoons Washington received male callers from three until four o'clock in the afternoon. The reception was a series of gentlemanly introductions and greetings where Washington was visited in a formal manner as President of the United States. Friday evenings included both women and men and were less formal affairs featuring interaction with colleagues and other politicians.
The Dutch were not anymore keen to admit
their deterioration than any nation, because their scarcity and feebleness were
obviously trading the affluence of their earlier times. The Spanish Armada was
a Spanish taskforce of 130 ships that navigated from La Coruna, under the thorough
knowledge of the Duke of Medina Sidonia with the tenacity of escorting an army
from Flanders to conquer the England.
I say A) Economic Decline
By limiting government expansion, Harding helped create the economic dynamic that led to the Roaring 20's, a brisk period of economic growth
