The American Presidents Series: George Washington

Before being elected President, Washington was an avid land surveyor an occupation which he entered into while still in his early teens and which he continued throughout his life. Washington was a outdoorsman which naturally suited him to chart the Virginia backcountry. He was credited with completing nearly 200 surveys totaling thousands of acres of land. Washington received his commission as surveyor from the college of William and Mary, which is still in operation today. Washington's surveying career was given a big boost when he was invited to join a team of surveyors organized by his acquaintance George William Fairfax of Belvoir. Fairfax was one of the most influential Virginians.The purpose

What Makes George Washington a Good Leader? In this century people commonly ask “what makes a good leader,” in this case George Washington is a perfect example of a good leader. Throughout the movie “The Crossing” he showed several different characteristics of being a good leader. Such as being confident, being a leader takes pride and confidence shows that.

George Washington became the first president of the United States soon after winning the war against Great Britain, America becoming the first independent 13 colonies. Since the beginning of his presidency people trusted him, being the one who led the country to victory as the General, contributed to people having faith in him. It states in the book that he chose the Country’s well-being before his own and often made decision following his gut, “he took pains to elevate the public good over private interest and projected honesty and honor over ambition.”(Johnson) Washington took great responsibility and honor of the New build Nation, he didn’t take matters lightly choosing what was best for his country. During his presidency, he was a visionary

How hard is it to get a group to agree on one thing? Well, that was the case with George Washington. Everyone agreed that he would be a great president because of his military career. The reasons why he was a great leader is because the things he did as president and his military background.

The first president for the United States of America was George Washington. George Washington was born on February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland, Virginia. He was the oldest of his parents, Augustine and Mary’s six other children. From 1775 to 1783 George Washington served as the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. In 1789, Washington took the oath of office and was announced the first president of the United States of America. Washington was the only president to be elected unanimously through the Electoral College. Washington was also the only president to be inaugurates in two different cities. Washington also established the tradition of cabinet advisors, the advisors of his cabinet were John Jay as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Henry Knox as Secretary of War,

Many of the world's greatest leaders are remembered for their virtues and righteousness. In the case of the United States, we have a precedent of how presidents should be based on previous leaders, historical events, documents...etc. George Washington and the U.S Constitution quintessentially provide an example of this, but they share ideas that provide a strong paradigm of leadership that we still use today. Both Washington and the Constitution believe a good leader should be someone committed to protecting and defending the nation. George Washington believes a good leader should be able to control themselves for corruption or in his own words, “control the usual current of the passions” (Passage 2, Paragraph 18).

“Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions” (Geneen). No other president has exemplified such an understanding of leadership as President George Washington. There is no doubt that Washington deserves his reputation as one of the best presidents this country has ever had. His moral character and bold actions continue to set the standards for future presidents. Not only was Washington the Commander and Chief of the Continental Army and the President of the Continental Congress but he was the first president and only president unanimously elected twice and served from 1789 to 1796. During his time in office, Washington set this country on a path that has been able to withstand the test of time of over 200 hundred years. Some critics argue that Washington’s siding with Hamilton actually encouraged partisanship, the very thing Washington so vehemently denounced. However, it is clear that George Washington remained true to his vision of a strong and independent nation. He had many positive attributes, but it was his strong moral character, leadership skills, and political vision that made him worthy of the title “Father of America”.

When he was Commander of the Continental Army, the soldiers experienced great difficulties and disappointments. Despite these difficulties and disappointments, they were successful. Another way George Washington showed his leadership ability was in the way he helped to shape the early United States despite the attempts to become a dictatorship. There's never been an American leader quite like George Washington! As a leader he showed that he was tough, persistent, brave, and organized.

Have you ever tried to start a government in a new country with no example, no rules, all while trying to keep the people you are directing happy? If you answered yes, you’d be lying. How do I know? Because you aren’t George Washington. However much people criticize him, they probably couldn’t do any better. George Washington was an extremely effective president. He created a new government, cabinet, and showed how a president should act.

George Washington had great leadership skills that shined during his presidency. In paragraph 4 of father of the nation it shows how he had acquired his amazing leadership skills from serving in the French and Indian War. He was held responsible of being commander in chief of the american army and president of the U.S. Very few presidents now-a-days have the military credentials that Washington

George Washington was born on February 22,1732 at Pope Creek, Virginia. Growing up Washington served in the Virginia militia. One of his missions was to send a message to the French in the Ohio Valley territory, but on the trip back home Washington ran into some icey water which almost caused him to lose his life. In 1758 Washington resigned as the head general of the Virginia militia, and he returned home to meet his soon-to-be wife, Martha Custis. Several years later, Washington had grown a 2,000 acre farm to an 8,000 acre farm. In 1774 Washington was elected into the Virginia's Representatives in the Continental Congress where he later became the continental army commander and chief during the Revolutionary War. Washington was reported to

George Washington was a natural-born leader. If the stature of a six-foot-two-inch man was not indicative of natural leadership, Washington’s humility, integrity, and military prowess, was. Yet a man of very few words, Washington could command militias with a single raised arm, and lead an infant-country on bended knee. Washington was a leader through action; he was not verbose, ambiguous, or bombastic. Knowing this, Washington led America (along with many other Founding Fathers) by standard of living, rather than legislation, in encouraging emancipation for slaves and believing in their equality, actively involving women, and applying power when necessary and relinquishing that power

Two US presidents, 42nd and 43rd to be exact, both had qualities of a good leader, and they both had their problems. The definition of a leader, according to Merriam-Webster is “a person who has commanding authority or influence¬¬ .” Both Bush and Clinton had a lot of influence, and they had different views on authority. Clinton, had effective leadership skills, but fell flat on authority because of his personal actions. George W Bush had commanding authority, but came up short in professional speaking and general cognition.

I am going to be talking about George Washington. George Washington is known as the first president of the United States of America. George Washington has a fought in a lot of war and still survived. George Washington helped shape the office’s future role and wonderful president.

Leadership is the action of leading a group of people or an organization. Now the question is “ who showed a good example of leadership?”. This question is answered differently by George Washington 1795 and by George Orwell in the excerpt from 1984 orwells novel is set in a futuristic society, and he portrays a world in which a tyrannical government in which it tells people everything they should do. He presents a model of what leadership shouldn’t be. George Washington on the other hand, sets his story in times that even then politics and people were being rebel. He shows how a good leader can tell right from wrong but still let or allow his people to make their decisions on their own. George Washington presents a model of what leadership,