George Washington, whose name appears frequently ... Thomas Paine, who had no great awe of the state, wrote of the constitutional right to keep and bear arms: “Arms discourage and keep the ...

Challenges Because he was America’s first president, George Washington essentially created the presidency. For example, although the Constitution explained government roles and some limitations, no ...

Washington won the presidency by unanimous electoral vote in both 1788 and in 1792. Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed ... For example ...

George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. And yet the nation is once again commemorating ...

That famous description of George Washington ... was an admirer of Washington and spent the desperate autumn of 1776 as an aide-de-camp in the field. Though brave, Paine was no soldier.