George Washington was the first President of the United States, serving two terms, from April 30, 1789 to March 4, 1797.
Four years 1789-1793
Washington worked out the procedures which would be followed by other presidents. He set up the cabinet and the government departments.
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The creation of the electoral college and 4 year term period for presidency.
4 years
As I see it, his greatest accomplishment to me was the building of The White House... you can find pictures of the original White House on google.com... but the original was burned down in the war between the states so yeahhh
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He was born on a small plantation in Virginia. THE ANSWER BELOW IS WRONG!!!!
He set examples for other presidents to follow
1789
Before his presidency Washington helped form a new country, as president he helped establish the role of the presidency, and after his presidency he became the new country's largest distiller of whiskey.
The national debt due to the revolutionary war
George Washingtons term in office was from 1789 to 1797.
Without a precedent to follow, it was a matter of trial by fire or Fly by Wire.
Alexander Hamilton was probably Washington's most important adviser on the economy.
He did not take advantage of the opportunity to keep the power the country offered him.
It's a presidency that's two terms long. A U.S. presidential term lasts four years, so a two-term presidency is an eight-year presidency.
The same things that the Preisident does today. Lead the army, be chief of state, be head ambassador, ect.