We all know about the American Revolution. Did you know that George Washington didn’t become the American President until 1789? That’s a long time (from 1776) for an entire country to be “floating”.
After the Treaty of Paris was signed, while the Revoluntionary War was over, we created the Articles of Confederation (1777). With Congress as a toothless organization, we as a nation finally realized that we needed to band together and create a structure for the country and move forward. At that point, the nation was looking for someone to rally the country.
The man that would be the centerpiece for “The President”, would – unbeknownst to him, literally as he discussed and helped to organize the structure – be George Washington.
He’s the focus of this episode of The Presidential Bio Podcast on The 2GuysTalking Podcast Network…
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Links from this Episode:
— George Washington Bio http://www.biography.com/people/george-washington-9524786
— Grover Cleveland http://www.biography.com/people/grover-cleveland-9251050
— American Revolutionary War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War
— The Treaty of Paris http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/treaty-of-paris
— Articles of Confederation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articles_of_Confederation
— James Madison http://www.biography.com/people/james-madison-9394965
— French and Indian War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_and_Indian_War
— British Proclamation Act of 1763 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Proclamation_of_1763
— Townshend Acts http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/townshend-acts
— The Stamp Act http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/stamp-act
— Boston Tea Party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party
— Intolerable Acts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intolerable_Acts
— Militia Acts of 1792 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militia_Acts_of_1792
— Federalist Party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalist_Party
— Democratic-Republican Party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party
Calls to the Audience:
— What were YOU doing when you were 16? Tell Us Now!
— What were YOU doing when you were 21? Tell Us Now!
— What were YOU doing when you were 26? Tell Us Now!
About the Host of The Presidential Bio Podcast:
Phil Treacy is a businessman, commentator, voiceover artist and emcee for a variety civic and political organizations in St. Louis, MO.
Phil was born and raised on Long Island but has made St. Louis his home since 1989.
He ran for state representative of Missouri in 1992 and his experiences on the campaign trail led to his interest in other political campaigns and candidates… including the men who have served the highest office of President of the United States.