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Reviewed on October 1, 2014 | Social Sciences
When George Washington dramatically resigned his commission in the Continental Army at the close of the Revolutionary War, he expressed his interest to exit public life for good and return to his beloved Mount Vernon on the shores of the Potomac. But it was not to be a quiet retirement. Soon Washington was swept into the movement to create a new, "energized" national government, a movement that would thrust the duty-b...Log In or Sign Up to Read More




