Because Robert E Lee repeatedly won battles against larger enemy forces while G.Washington repeatedly lost to the British?
He won the last one though. Isn't that what people would remember?
Because Robert E Lee repeatedly won battles against larger enemy forces while G.Washington repeatedly lost to the British?
He won due to massive assistance of the French,I think that's how a lot of people's gonna remember it.Defeating the British thanks to a 2:1 ratio and having the French navy blockade Yorktown isn't exactly a wondrous achievement people are going to be amazed by.He won the last one though. Isn't that what people would remember?
He won due to massive assistance of the French,I think that's how a lot of people's gonna remember it.Defeating the British thanks to a 2:1 ratio and having the French navy blockade Yorktown isn't exactly a wondrous achievement people are going to be amazed by.
Yet he was given the Chair at the Constitutional Convention, and then twice elected unopposed. So his reputation obviously predated his Presidency.
He won due to massive assistance of the French,I think that's how a lot of people's gonna remember it.Defeating the British thanks to a 2:1 ratio and having the French navy blockade Yorktown isn't exactly a wondrous achievement people are going to be amazed by.
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John Adams as the first president would stymie the Federalist agenda since he'd clash with Hamilton a lot more.
Could Washinton use his influence to push Hamilton into the top job?
Impossible; Hamilton was too young to be President until 1790.Could Washinton use his influence to push Hamilton into the top job?
Impossible; Hamilton was too young to be President until 1790.
He won due to massive assistance of the French,I think that's how a lot of people's gonna remember it.Defeating the British thanks to a 2:1 ratio and having the French navy blockade Yorktown isn't exactly a wondrous achievement people are going to be amazed by.
I'd be astonished if I met almost anyone who knew that.
Don't see why.
Robert E Lee was never President of anything except a small college, and didn't even win his war, yet this doesn't seem to have detracted much from his fame. And Washington would figure at least as importantly.
It's an important skill,I agree,but winning battles are important,it's pretty much the end game.People generally remember the latter part,and you really need the latter part to win wars(being good at logistics only contributes to your ability to win battles,it's not so much as the end game as winning battles itself).Washington's military skill was keeping an army in the field, that take far more skill than winning a battle. He had to deal with a chain of supply that was chaotic at best.