At long last we have arrived at the top president in the presidential rankings! As America’s first president, Washington faced the monumental task of forming the nation’s new federal government, and establishing the norms and customs surrounding the new office of the president.
But aside from nation building, Washington faced critical tests in both foreign and domestic policy; tests that would coincide with the growing rise of partisanship during the 1790s and threaten to destroy everything Washington and the nation’s founders had worked to achieve.
At long last we have arrived at the top president in the presidential rankings! As America’s first president, Washington faced the monumental task of forming the nation’s new federal government, and establishing the norms and customs surrounding the new office of the president.
But aside from nation building, Washington faced critical tests in both foreign and domestic policy; tests that would coincide with the growing rise of partisanship during the 1790s and threaten to destroy everything Washington and the nation’s founders had worked to achieve.