THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
GEORGE WASHINGTONS LEADERSHIP AT TRENTON SARATOGA VALLEY FORGE
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“I offer you this council as a friend, I fear that my remarks may fail to make any lasting impression. I wish that these words could control the usual flow of passions, or prevent our nation from making the same mistakes which have proven the downfall of many a nation. If I may even flatter myself that these words could be of some partial benefit, render a bit of good; moderate, now and again, the fury of partisan behavior; warn against the mischiefs of foreign entanglements, or expose the imposters posing as patriots, then my hope will have not been in vain, but shall serve in favor of your own welfare, which was my intent.” Based on this passage, President Washington
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regrets the creation of the Presidency:he wishes he was king instead.
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feels that the United States’ democracy is yet another failed attempt at a government that allows its citizens to have a say.
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is giving his advice so that Americans can continue to improve upon its experiment with a democratic limited goverment.
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None of the above
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