Articles related to "George Washington Presidency"

Of all the founding fathers, Washington had the clearest vision for the West, and how it could add to American wealth and stability.

Washington chose Alexander Hamilton for Treasury Secretary because Hamilton knew public financing. The program he proposed would work-but could he get it passed?

George Washington faced many problems as the first executive in the constitutional era. Survival of the nation was the biggest. Europe expected America to fail.

Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were so at odds during George Washington's presidency that he had to act as a go-between. Jefferson would eventually resign.

George Washington assumed the presidency as Europe began a long period of strife begun by the 1789 French Revolution, events balanced by crucial domestic problems.