German-born American painter‚ is known for his popular work Washington Crossing the Delaware. The painting shows George Washington‚ along with 2‚500 soldiers‚ crossing the Delaware River in order to surprise the British’s Hessians army with an attack. This historical event took place in Trenton‚ New Jersey during the Christmas of 1776. Leutze’s work displayed the heroic actions of Washington and his army braving the icy and cold weather. Washington is at the head of the boat‚ staring at his goal into the
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Christopher Columbus and George Washington were considered strong admirable men during their time. They both had to push through many obstacles that they faced throughout their life to accomplish the goals that they wanted to embrace. Although they had a few similarities in the way they overcame those challenges‚ they did however accomplish these ambitions with separate mindsets and had difference’s in their ideas to succeed. One of Christopher Columbus’s main goals that he wanted to achieve in
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He may have started out as a frail boy who didn’t have a family of his own‚ but through hard work and a spirit of a lion he kept striving to achieve great things. His name was George Washington Carver‚ a slave‚ a boy‚ and most notably an agricultural chemist. Life in 1864 didn’t start out all that well for little George. George’s momma‚ Mary was a slave owned by Moses Carver. In 1861 George became an orphan after his momma Mary and he were taken from their owners by a group of rogue bushwhackers
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George Washington Plunkitt‚ was one of the powers of Tammany Hall in the late 19th century. Plunkitt was born in a shantytown called Nanny Goat Hill and died wealthy and renowned. Tammany Hall‚ the name of a civic society‚ controlled the Democratic Party in New York city. They knew how to get power and hold on to it by getting people to vote for their candidates. Political power leads to personal wealth. Tammany governed NY from 1854 to 1934. The New Deal reforms of welfare and public housing socialized
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Christopher Columbus found. George Washington was known to never tell lie. Apparently‚ this was not true at all. George Washington lied‚ but only a little. This strong man grew up to be a strong general and President. He had a crew when he was in the Military. George Washington and his crew were very strong. They were about to go towards adversary territory. Mr. Washington did not come out the victor in every one of his battles. In 1775 Congress stated that General Washington was the new leader of the
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George Washington is well known for what he accomplished during the American Revolution. Selected as the first Commander-In-Chief of the Continental Army‚ the choice of Washington was an easy decision‚ due to his mere size and stature‚ but also his prior military experience. The outbreak of the American Revolution started with the Battle of Lexington and Concord that took place in Massachusetts. This lead to the Olive Branch Petition attempted by the Second Continental Congress‚ which did not work
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Revolutionary Contributions to Stable Government George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were two important presidents who had an enormous affect on our nation’s stable government and beginning years of our country. Each made their unique contributions to a new government under the Constitution after the failed adoption of the Articles of Confederation. After the war for independence‚ the Articles of Confederation‚ began to fail because there was no direct effective way to to collect revenue‚
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George Washington is one of the most iconic figures in the history of the world. He liberated people from their masters and laid the foundations of modern democracy. Thinking about what he accomplished in his lifetime‚ it would be nice to be able to brag about making a new nation from scratch or kicking out the British to declare Independence later. The American Revolutionary War was the Big Bang for democracy‚ a bang that taught the world that democracy was truly the word of the people applied
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George Washington was a very important man‚ not only to American history but to the time period where and when he lived. He grew up as a very smart young man and grew up very wealthy also. He was also very into the outdoors‚ hunting‚ trapping‚ horseback riding and even mapping. Later on in his life these skills will have helped him and his country. In the French and Indian War Washington was chosen to be the leader of the American Army because of how well Washington knew the woods. This war
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George Washington was a leader‚ for instance he motivated the Continental Army to keep fighting even when they had lost almost all hope. On March 10‚ 1775 Washington was appointed as Commander of the Continental Army. Washington decided to deny the salary that came with his job because he felt in debt to our community even though with this position as commander he would’ve received a large salary. As British troops marched into our country‚ he motivated our troops to work as one and gain back the
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