Why George Washington Chop DownThe Cherry Tree?
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Because he was too lazy to climb up the ladder to get the cherries out of the tree, so he figured it would be easier to get the cherries if they were close to the ground, so he chopped the cherry tree down and then began picking out the cherries off the branches his aunt Edna would use to bake a cherry pie. But please, I could be wrong so don't hold me to this one. My google stopped googling
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GEORGE WASHINGTON  was the man .and i think  noone will ever replace his boots.
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George Washington, because he set us on a path to greatness.
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Key Event: America Signs Treaty with Tripoli.\n\nSome more Key Events in President George Washington's Administration\n\n• Precedents---Washington established two main precedents: a cabinet and the two-year term.\n• Whiskey Rebellion, 1794---Washington ordered 15,000 troops to Pennsylvania and crushed the first challenge to federal authority.\n• Farewell Address, 1796---Washington warned against the evils of political parties and "tangling alliances" abroad. \n\n\nOn April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took his oath of office as the first President of the United States. "As the first of every thing, in our situation will serve to establish a Precedent," he wrote James Madison, "it is devoutly wished on my part, that these precedents may be fixed on true principles." \n\nBorn in 1732 into a Virginia planter family, he learned the morals, manners, and body of knowledge requisite for an 18th century Virginia gentleman. \n\nHe pursued two intertwined interests: military arts and western expansion. At 16 he helped survey Shenandoah lands for Thomas, Lord Fairfax. Commissioned a lieutenant colonel in 1754, he fought the first skirmishes of what grew into the French and Indian War. The next year, as an aide to Gen. Edward Braddock, he escaped injury although four bullets ripped his coat and two horses were shot from under him. \n\n   \n From 1759 to the outbreak of the American Revolution, Washington managed his lands around Mount Vernon and served in the Virginia House of Burgesses. Married to a widow, Martha Dandridge Custis, he devoted himself to a busy and happy life. But like his fellow planters, Washington felt himself exploited by British merchants and hampered by British regulations. As the quarrel with the mother country grew acute, he moderately but firmly voiced his resistance to the restrictions. \n\nWhen the Second Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia in May 1775, Washington, one of the Virginia delegates, was elected Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. On July 3, 1775, at Cambridge, Massachusetts, he took command of his ill-trained troops and embarked upon a war that was to last six grueling years. \n\nHe realized early that the best strategy was to harass the British. He reported to Congress, "we should on all Occasions avoid a general Action, or put anything to the Risque, unless compelled by a necessity, into which we ought never to be drawn." Ensuing battles saw him fall back slowly, then strike unexpectedly. Finally in 1781 with the aid of French allies--he forced the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. \n\nWashington longed to retire to his fields at Mount Vernon. But he soon realized that the Nation under its Articles of Confederation was not functioning well, so he became a prime mover in the steps leading to the Constitutional Convention at Philadelphia in 1787. When the new Constitution was ratified, the Electoral College unanimously elected Washington President \n\nHe did not infringe upon the policy making powers that he felt the Constitution gave Congress. But the determination of foreign policy became preponderantly a Presidential concern. When the French Revolution led to a major war between France and England, Washington refused to accept entirely the recommendations of either his Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, who was pro-French, or his Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, who was pro-British. Rather, he insisted upon a neutral course until the United States could grow stronger. \n\nTo his disappointment, two parties were developing by the end of his first term. Wearied of politics, feeling old, he retired at the end of his second. In his Farewell Address, he urged his countrymen to forswear excessive party spirit and geographical distinctions. In foreign affairs, he warned against long-term alliances. \n\nWashington enjoyed less than three years of retir
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GEORGE WASHINGTON  •  U.S. President / Military Leader / Revolutionary War Figure \n \nGeorge Washington is often called "the father of his country" for his crucial role in fighting for, creating and leading the United States of America in its earliest days. Washington was a surveyor, farmer and soldier who rose to command the colonial forces in the Revolutionary War. His success in the war made him a tremendously popular figure in America even after he retired to his farm at Mount Vernon in 1783. He was the natural choice to serve as the country's first president in 1789 after the new United States Constitution was ratified. He served two terms, refused a third, and returned to his Virginia farm. In 1798 he was again commissioned as commander in chief of the army, a title he held until his death 18 months later. He was succeeded as president by John Adams. \nExtra credit: Washington married the widow Martha Dandridge Custis in 1759; they had no children together, but Washington adopted Martha's children John and Martha... Washington was land-rich but often cash-poor, and had to borrow money in order to get to his first inauguration... Washington had false teeth but, contrary to popular rumor, they were not made of wood. According to the Mount Vernon official site, Washington's dentures "were probably more uncomfortable than wood. They were made of cow's teeth, human teeth, and elephant ivory set in a lead base with springs that allowed him to open and close his mouth"... The story of Washington chopping down a cherry tree is also not true; it was invented by an early biographer of Washington, Parson Mason Weems.    \nOne more thing, they did not use powder to make their hair \nwhite, in that era men wore wigs to make them look more \ndistinguished,,,,, don't figure lol.
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I believe the law on this could be different from state to state.  However, in both West Virginia and Ohio (the ones with which I am familiar), you can cut the portion of the tree which is on your property (and ONLY the portion which is on your property).\n\nWord to the wise--why not just ask the owner of the tree about it in the first place?  Explain your reason for wishing to cut it and see if you can come up with an amicable solution first.  Life can be rough if you have a neighbor angry with you.  It is always best to treat your neighbor the way you would like for him to treat you.  If you had an "offending" tree that you didn't realize was offensive, wouldn't you rather that your neighbor kindly tell you about it first so you could offer to make things right in the first place?
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George is too much the want to be dictator to learn to compromise.   Abraham Lincoln wrote of a government of the people, for the people and by the people.   George's idea is my government and the people be damned because their wants are insignificant to his own agenda.   I think he has just entered a phase of accountability for his actions that up till now have gone unchecked.   The will of the people spoke loudly on election day.   Will he heed the voice of the people....no,  he hasn't up till now and I don't think that will change.   It is not the will of the people that is primary in George's concern....it is his own will.
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George Washington is often credited with the survival of Democracy. Why? Because after two terms, he stepped down  from the Presidency. He could have been king. But, instead, he was humble.\n\nOthers:\n\nEvery since board of directors elected CEO's and started selling stocks, the CEO's main and only duty is to make money for the stock holders,  and ............. the heck with morality.
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george washington, was rumoured he had wooden teeth. \nhere:\nPopular legend describes George Washington's dentures as "wooden" but, in fact, the three extant sets were made of many materials, including hippopotamus ivory, cow's teeth and metal, with some wood used to hold the teeth in place. Although Washington's ability to keep morale high in the face of adversity is widely known, the role of his dentures to accomplish this is less so. One of the general's favourite tricks during meetings was to stick his forefinger in his mouth, as if he were picking his teeth. But, when his finger came out, his choppers would be clamped to his finger. He would act as if nothing unusual had occurred, as those speaking to him continued as best as they could while goggling at the teeth. This was reportedly used most effectively in a particularly difficult negotiation during the constitutional convention in 1787.
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that was funny i liked it.... i have a joke about johnny too .... what do you think of this one :'One time, back in the ''day,'' a boy named Johnny was walking to school with his girlfriend. He was trying to impress her, so he said, ''I bet you I can push my father's outhouse into the river.'' She didn't agree with him, so he proved her wrong. Impressed, she walked the rest of the way to school hand in hand with Johnny. That day at school, they studied the story about George Washington and the cherry tree. The moral that they learned was ''never tell a lie''. After school, Johnny went home. When he walked in the door, his dad met him. He said, ''Son, did you push my outhouse into the river?'' Johnny said, ''Dad, I want to be like George Washington and never lie, yes, I did.'' His dad beat him from one end of the house to the other. You could have read the newspaper off of Johnny's rear end. After Johnny was finished sobbing, he asked his father,''Dad, why did you whoop me? I didn't lie. George Washington cut down the cherry tree and didn't lie about it, and he didn't get a whooping.'' Johnny's dad looked at him and said, ''Son, I bet George Washington's dad wasn't sitting in that cherry tree when he cut it down, was he?'''
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hello curious george! Your answer was adorable,lol!\nRe: this question. Get a copy of the Hartford Courant newspaper. I know a lot about Conn. Yoko Ono lost her bonsai tree in Hartford & Rory found it.
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No respect for the law, and must be put down.\nDestruction of private property, that hurts small business in the area.\nThey attempted to frame Native Americans with thier disguises.\nThey polluted the water in which Locals fish in.\nThey have not fullided their responsiblity to pay England back from defending them against the French and Indians.\nAre tratiors for not paying the taxes which as territorty of England is treason.\nTratitors to the crown who protects them.\nThey don't support the troops but instead arming themselves.
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because bush and republicans are greedy money loving tree killing jerks!!
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If Gog was speaking to Bush I'd bet he'd ask him Why George? Why are you standing against what you have learned as a Christian? Why are you being such a minon of evil?
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Definitely George Washington.
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Probably because George knows he's hated and is smart enough not go out in a convertable. If he did we'd be answering a different question.
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Because he's an idiot who has rich friends who profit from wars. We should impeach the moron. Do you remember what Clinton always said. Are you doing better now since I took office or worse. You won't hear George W say that. JFK said ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country you .... sure wasn't heard in New Orleans except we heard give me give me give me