George Washington
4/12/2013
Professor G Written Assignment
George Washington In my opinion I believe that Washington handled Americas domestic and foreign problems very well during the time of his presidency. Whenever there was a problem Washington had a good way of finding solution for whatever problem was presented to him. The neutrality proclamation was a very big one, as was the whiskey rebellion. During the time Washington was in office, many great plans and treaties were developed and put into use. The thing that tested Washington the most was the war with Europe and he handled it very well. Despite the fact that we were allies with France Washington chose to be neutral throughout the war which was brilliant on his part. Our nation was brand new and we weren’t so strong just yet, especially in comparison the Britain and France. Washington quickly noticed that if we did not adopt the Neutrality Proclamation that we would die off as a nation and seize to exist. The second event that showed Washington’s awesome abilities to manage America’s problems was the whiskey rebellion. He decided to send 15,000 troops to Philadelphia because that is where the rebellion was taking place, and this issue did not last that long. Once the troops arrived just about everyone stopped rebelling and went home. Washington only reacted so strong because he didn’t want something like shays rebellion repeating itself, but in the end he handled the situation greatly and without violence. A different issue that arose during Washington’s presidency was the Native Americans. The issue that came about with them did turn into a very violent one but he still handled the situation very well and how America wanted it done. All of the Americans wanted to expand west but because of the Native Americas it wasn’t going to so simple without violence. The natives even went as far
Professor G Written Assignment
George Washington In my opinion I believe that Washington handled Americas domestic and foreign problems very well during the time of his presidency. Whenever there was a problem Washington had a good way of finding solution for whatever problem was presented to him. The neutrality proclamation was a very big one, as was the whiskey rebellion. During the time Washington was in office, many great plans and treaties were developed and put into use. The thing that tested Washington the most was the war with Europe and he handled it very well. Despite the fact that we were allies with France Washington chose to be neutral throughout the war which was brilliant on his part. Our nation was brand new and we weren’t so strong just yet, especially in comparison the Britain and France. Washington quickly noticed that if we did not adopt the Neutrality Proclamation that we would die off as a nation and seize to exist. The second event that showed Washington’s awesome abilities to manage America’s problems was the whiskey rebellion. He decided to send 15,000 troops to Philadelphia because that is where the rebellion was taking place, and this issue did not last that long. Once the troops arrived just about everyone stopped rebelling and went home. Washington only reacted so strong because he didn’t want something like shays rebellion repeating itself, but in the end he handled the situation greatly and without violence. A different issue that arose during Washington’s presidency was the Native Americans. The issue that came about with them did turn into a very violent one but he still handled the situation very well and how America wanted it done. All of the Americans wanted to expand west but because of the Native Americas it wasn’t going to so simple without violence. The natives even went as far
References: Taylor, G. (2010). George Washington 's America: A Biography through His Maps. Booklist, 107(7), 14.