Who was president before George Washington?
Fourteen different men. That is, if you count being President of the Continental Congress, or of the United States in Congress Assembled. The Continental Congress was the deliberative body formed by the colonies to present their complaints to the British Crown and to show a united front to England in the face of perceived assaults on the liberties of the colonists in Massachusetts. In its second meeting, the Continental Congress declared the independence of the colonies from Great Britain, and asserted its own right to govern (legislate, conduct war, declare peace) for the colonies. The Articles of Confederation, which provided a model for a more stable legislative government, were proposed to the states on 15 November 1777 but were not declared in force until 7 March 1781. At that time the Continental Congress officially became the “United States, in Congress Assembled.
Fourteen different men. That is, if you count being President of the Continental Congress, or of the United States in Congress Assembled. The Continental Congress was the deliberative body formed by the colonies to present their complaints to the British Crown and to show a united front to England in the face of perceived assaults on the liberties of the colonists in Massachusetts. In its second meeting, the Continental Congress declared the independence of the colonies from Great Britain, and asserted its own right to govern (legislate, conduct war, declare peace) for the colonies. The Articles of Confederation, which provided a model for a more stable legislative government, were proposed to the states on 15 November 1777 but were not declared in force until 7 March 1781. At that time the Continental Congress officially became the “United States, in Congress Assembled.” John Hanson was the first presiding officer who was elected under the Articles, and therefore some consider him the
