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Washington set the tone-he adopted trappings for his office that some found pompous or pretentious, but his purpose was to create an office as a symbol of America that would command the respect of the Europeans, who remained skeptical of this "republican experiment." Washington, like most of his countrymen, assumed that the government would function smoothly, but it was a trying time.
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What do you call the apparatus that royalty was carried on?
A Litter, palanquin or sedan chair.
What does raising the conditions of new appropriations of lands mean in the Declaration of Independence Grievances?
maybe the king was assigning lands to royalty only?
Why do engineers have gold and purple epaulets?
The purple coloured epaulets were awarded to Marine Engineers by Queen Victoria to recognize their bravery during the sinking of the HMS Titanic. Purple is important in this context because for a very long time purple was a colour only worn by royalty, it was therefore special.
What is the meaning of the Egyptian royal crook?
Ancient Egyptian royalty is often depicted holding the flail and crook. They are a symbol or a remembrance or even a praise of (to) Osiris. The god of the underworld or after-life.
George Washington's accomplishments in office what were they?
From a long term point of view, considering the history of governments, it could be argued that the greatest thing he did was leave office when his term expired and his successor was elected. This had hardly ever happened before. Even today this doesn't often happen, as in North Korea where Kim Il Sung was succeeded by his son, who is grooming his own son to succeed him, just like royalty in the old days. no offense but don't listen to the first part of this that person doesn't know anything about history George Washington set the precedence for all future presidents he did so much for h is country during and before his presidency that it wasn't all documented
