George Washington's Role In The Revolutionary War

George Washington proved that he was indeed capable and resilient leader of theAmerican military forces during the war. Washington was a person of the highestmoral character, he did not posses a first rate intelligence, he also had littleexperience with leading and managing the conventional army. George Washingtonwas elected “to command all the continental forces, raised, or to be raised for thedefense of American liberty.” His commission, dated June 19, 1775, designated him“General and Commander in Chief of the United Colonies”. He received it on thetwentieth and he started for Boston on the twenty-first. Washington's charactermade people trust him; he was the best known military person in the colonies; hewas a Southerner and the delegates believed he
Duringthis experience Washington losted many war, but he also had many victories thatproves he was indeed capable to take on this role.George Washington was involved in the Constitutional Convention , which hewas concerned the idea of an American mind that had emerged during the war withBritain was about to disappear and the Articles of Confederation poorly promotedthe development of an American character. To Washington there were errors thatneeded to be corrected, he argued that the states refused to comply with thearticles of peace, the union was unable to regulate interstate commerce, and thestates met, but oh so grudgingly, just the minimum interstate standards required bythe Articles. Others, especially James Madison , were concerned that the statelegislatures— dominated by what he saw as oppressive, unjust, and overbearingmajorities— were passing laws detrimental to the rights of individual conscience andthe right to private