Beset by economic unrest, threatened from within by Indian nations and from without by overseas powers, the young country reeled in turmoil. But the gallant general who had commanded the Continental army in battle also agreed to guide the fledgling country - and his sure hand steadied the course.
James Thomas Flexner
George Washington
Martha Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
Eliza Powel
James Madison
Edmund Randolph
Maria Reynolds
James Monroe
Henrietta Liston
Patrick Henry
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