The PresidentsBefore George Washington In 1774 the first Continental Congress met when delegates from the 13 British colonies deiced that the Coercive Acts, which were a series of measures put in place by the British government after the Boston Tea Party, were intolerable.
While most know that George Washington was the first president of the U.S., he actually succeeded 14 men who served as leader of the Continental Congress.
African heritage of presidents of the United StatesThis article includes information on the African heritage of presidents of the United States, together with information on unsubstantiated claims that certain presidents of the United States had African ancestry. (All Homo sapiens descend from ancestors on the African continent, but "African heritage" here means descent from sub-Saharan ...
In 1789, President George Washington appointed him as Chief Justice. In 1794 when war with Britain threatened due to controversies over the Treaty of Paris, he was appointed by Washington to negotiate a settlement. He went to Great Britain and concluded the agreement known as the ‘Jay Treaty’.
Barack Obama was not the first African-American elected to the presidency. By my count, he was the seventh. It was just that he was the first nonfiction one. While pundits marveled over the fact that Americans could elect a man one generation removed from Africa to their highest office, popular culture was way ahead of the curve.
14 Presidents Before George Washington and 7 Black Presidents Before Barack Obama The White Book by Makavelli Decoded 4.18K subscribers Subscribed