George Washington's Influence On American History

It is February 1787, a very chilly afternoon in Mount Vernon, Virginia. George Washington was outside his cabin chopping cherry trees with his hatchet, as a hobby. He took the wood and cherries home to his wife and two adopted kids. Sadly, he couldn't fully enjoy the cherries as any person would because he had dentures. His dentures weren't made of wood, as the popular rumor believed. They were instead more uncomfortable than wood. They were made of cow's teeth, human teeth, and elephant ivory set in a lead base with springs so he could open and close his mouth. The dentures fitted poorly and distorted the shape of his mouth. Being land rich, he used the wood for warmth and to build his own city in Pennsylvania, which he named Cherry Hill.
The Articles were known as a "league of friendship" and they didn't provide for any type of effective power in a central government. The Articles led to problems and left the central government to regulate commerce between states, settles disputes, deal with foreign governments. They also didn't have power to levy taxes, enforce its decisions, manage the country's economic problems, or have an army. This meant that the country was weak and was bound to disasters. In May, representatives were to meet in Washington's newly built meeting house in Philadelphia. All the states sent delegates to represent the state besides Rhode Island. 55 delegates showed up and they began to draft the new document, later known as the Constitution. The Constitutional Convention met for 4 months and because of the poor weather and the travel was bad, an average of 35 delegates were present during the writing of the
Once ratified, the Constitution set the basis for the government. Powers are divided between the federal government and the 50 states. The Founding Fathers knew they had to leave enough powers with the states when they were writing the Constitution. If they didn't, they knew the state legislatures would never ratify the Constitution. All states were granted the right to control certain things within their borders. They could do so as long as they did not interfere with the rights of other states or the nation.
Washington calls the Constitution a "supreme law of the land" because no law may be passed that contradicts its principles. The Constitution will still be in existence in the future and no one will be exempt from following it. The writers of the Constitution realized that very few things last long without change and nothing is perfect, that is why they allowed for amendments. Amendments to the Constitution can be either additions or changes to the original