George Washington Statemanship - 825 Words

George Washington, born on the 22nd of February 1732 was indeed a Statesman of the highest caliber. As we see in chapter 12 ‘Understanding Politics’. There are many things required to reach a status of Statesman including: Pursuit of the public good, Practical wisdom, political skills, opportunity, and good fortune. All of these and more are prevalent in George Washington’s life. First, Columbus found what he thought to be India in 1492, which later would be colonized by the first American settlers still under the British flag. During their time in America these British colonists fought the Indians (named due to Columbus’s first thought that he had landed in India) and In 1753, George Washington received an assignment from the Virginia†¦show more content†¦During the American Revolution, Washington held the importance of our unified nation, and would often tell the soldiers they are not of their state, but rather of their country or as another figure head of the time would have said â€Å"We must all hang together, or we shall most assuredly all hang separately† –Benjamin Franklin at the signing of the declaration of independence. Washington quickly became a beloved man of the people through his position as Commander in Chief during the revolutionary war and would later become a prominent figure-head in the ratification of the United States Constitution. George Washington was most notably a federalist, or one who argued for a larger more central â€Å"Federal† government. During this time people across the nation where both for and against a large government, yet George Washington saw the inevitability of it all and (following the teachings of philosopher and ideologists like John Locke) helped bring about our new constitutional nation, and even played a large role in the writing of the constitution. When our countries founding fathers wrote the constitution it was a means to an end, it was a method in which we could establish international trade, bring about a central government, and unify the American republic under â€Å"one flag† –pledge of allegiance, Francis Bellamy 1892. As Washington saw and