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The Many U.S. Presidents Before George Washington (2020x35)
Air date: Feb 18, 2020
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Schools in the United States teach children from an early age that the first president of the United States was George Washington. But teachers often forget to mention a small, kind of important detail- George Washington was the first U.S. president under the current United States Constitution, but he wasn’t the country’s first president.
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Sources:
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/artconf.asp#art9
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/rebels_redcoats_01.shtml
http://www.senate.gov/civics/constitution_item/constitution.htm
http://www.ushistory.org/us/14b.asp
http://www.constitutionfacts.com/us-articles-of-confederation/presidents-who-served/
http://theforgottenfounders.com/the-forgotten-fathers/elias-boudinot/
http://www.aoc.gov/capitol-hill/national-statuary-hall-collection/john-hanson
http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/articles/section6.rhtml
http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/articles/summary.html
http://www.history.army.mil/books/RevWar/ss/mifflin.htm
http://www.stratfordhall.org/meet-the-lee-family/richard-henry-1733-1794/
http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/john-hancock
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/co
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