The military suppression of the whiskey rebellion set a precedent that U.S citizens who wished to change the law had to do so peacefully through constitutional means, other wise the government would meet any threats to disturb the status quo with force.
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.
As it was the Cold War which meant that neither side was willing to attack the other as both sides had atomic weapons aimed at the other. This would lead to a nuclear war
<span>The Republican president worked out an agreement with the Democratic majority in Congress to raise taxes and reduce the national debt is George H.W. Bush. Bush acknowledged the Democrats' requests for higher taxes and all the more spending, which estranged him from Republicans and offered the route to a sharp abatement in prominence. Shrubbery would later say that he wished he had never marked the bill.</span>
