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1. Identify and explain a significant decision made by George Washington in his personal life that had immediate consequences for the United States of America.

2. Identify and explain a significant decision made by George Washington in his personal life that continues to have consequences for the United States of America today.

3. Identify and explain a significant decision made by George Washington as president that had immediate consequences for the United States of America.

4. Identify and explain a significant decision made by George Washington as president that continues to have consequences for the United States of America today.

5. Imagine that you are a merchant in Philadelphia, which served as the nation’s capital during most of Washington’s presidency. Identify and explain a decision you might make to turn a quick profit. Then, identify and explain a decision you might make to ensure long-term growth and stability for your business.
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1.''' General Washington decided not to impose a battlefield strategy on his field commanders''. The general consensus among historians is that Washington was a mediocre military strategist at best. However, a recent study in the Academy of Management Journal cast some doubt on that consensus.

''Washington decided to oversee renovations on Mount Vernon during the most tenuous year of the Revolution.'' Imagine leading a comically outnumbered, under-resourced, and woefully unskilled force where the majority of your teenaged army marches throughout the New England snow barefoot because you can’t afford to buy them shoes in a war that—if lost—could send you to the gallows for treason.

3.'' Washington Decided not to make himself supreme ruler of the United States.'' After risking his life to lead the American Revolution—often bravely putting himself directly in the line of fire—Washington shocked the entire world by voluntarily returning all his powers to the American people and their elected representatives. It was a decision that even led his recently defeated foe, King George III, to comment that Washington was “the greatest character of his generation.” We will never know whether this decision was driven by altruism or a self-interested desire to be adored by history. What we do know is that decision aligned perfectly with the pattern of decisions Washington established

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What is the question I don’t understand try too be more specific
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