It seems like John Adams was the biggest part of us getting our independence, so why wasnt he the first president!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
| Question Home |
Position:Home>History> Why was George Washington elected to be the first president insted of John AdamsQuestion: Why was George Washington elected to be the first president insted of John Adams It seems like John Adams was the biggest part of us getting our independence, so why wasnt he the first president!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Who lead the Continental Army!? Much of what Adams did was on the political side, but politics would have been useless without someone leading the military effort!. In fact it was only after the Continental Army won a few battles that Franklin (you forgot how much Franklin did for the country towards independence, as much as Adams) and Adams were finally able to convince European nations, especially France, that the colonies could stand up to what was considered one of the best armies in the world at the time and win!. The British army!. And Washington was the man who lead the Continental Army!. More people credit his efforts, in fighting the British, seeing that the army became a true army rather than a group of local militias, and actually keeping the army together during the darkest period of the war, with actually doing more to secure independence than Adams!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Adams was fairly important, as was Franklin, by the way, among others, but he was a member of Congress, and thus didn't stand out so starkly, and there were also a lot of Americans who looked upon Congress with a degree of distaste!. Washington, on the other hand, had led the Continental Army throughout the war, and in keeping it intact and in the field, had managed to become the most singly recognizable leader of the new nation!. He was so very popular that at the time it was often said that he could have chosen to become the first American king, if he'd wanted to!. Fortunately, he was as dedicated to republican principals and as humble and self-effacing as ever!. Washington seemed like (and almost certainly was) the one man who could fill the new post of President in such a way that there would be no sectional conflict (he was a Virginian, but had proven himself to the New Englanders, as an example)!. Adams, as good as he was, was identifiable as a New England Yankee, and the Southern colonies might well have found him unpalitable in those first two terms!.Www@QuestionHome@Com 1, Fact Geroge Washington,did nto belong to any party!.!.2 Fact geroge washington day job was as a surviour!.!.3Fact as a surviour he knew the terrain better than any one else!. 4!.Fact due to his terrain experince he was instrumental to decsive wins against the british!.al though valley forge was the do or die battle for the continental army!.he was favoured as the best military leader at that time!. 5 Fact geroge washington was just a figure head in american politics he had no conception of politics or its mechanations!.even though he was a brilliant military leader!.!.6 Fact the simple fact that he was the commander in chief of the continetal army was to the people the chief honcho !. 7 Fact the drawing of the constitution allowed future leaders of the united states to belong to a political party and to be elected by popular vote of the people for the people!.before the contsitution there was no cause to elect a president!.!.even though washington was president after the constituion was drawn up !. the people had to have a leader who they could identify as a winner and some one they could tust!. 8 Fact becuase the constitution was drawn up john adams was in fact the first constitutional elected preident by the people for the people and he belonged to the fedral party!. making his appointment as president, khoser to the constitution!.Www@QuestionHome@Com It almost sounds as if this question could have come from John Adams, he had the same response, I gather!. Washington was a focal point, he was the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, which in the early days was practically the only thing national we had!. In the convention that wrote the Constitution, the Presiding officer was George Washington!. He sat there throughout the deliberations, and it just naturally seemed to the delegates that he would be the choice!. Mr!. Adams was out of the country at the time, as was Mr!. Jefferson!. Www@QuestionHome@Com Probably because you know!.!.!.The whole 'president' thing hadn't happened before, and the citizens probably thought that Military Service was important - because George Washington was a hero at the time and nobody thought politically in it's aspects!. And also, I don't believe John Adams ran for president at the time (!?) But I'm not sure!. And if he did run for president, ask yourself this!. Why was Jimmy Carter president over Gerald Ford!? Popular amount of votes!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Without Washington there wouldn't be a United States of America(well, maybe something of that form, but not the way it is now)!. To say that Adams did more than Washington, I truly do not understand!. He went to France and the Netherlands and all, with some success, but Washington was the soul of the revolution!. He kept the rag-tag army together!. Adams ran for the presidency and was 2nd in votes, thus becoming vice president!. That was the rule at the time!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Franklin and Adams, were the consumate politions/ambassadors of their time, doing a great deal off the battle field for the war effort!. I don't know for sure if he ran but I believe he did, as he was often quite bitter & resentful of G!. Washington being President!. Wasn't he later (2nd!?) President!?Www@QuestionHome@Com I don't think he ran for presidency!. I can't remember that well (i learned this several years ago), but I think he left and went to live somewhere in the mountains and wasn't really seen from again!. If he had ran for presidency, he would have been elected!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Probably because Washington was the Hero of the Moment!. Www@QuestionHome@Com |