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1734 - 1799

George Washington



George Washington (Fabrairu 22, 1732 - Disamba 14, 1799) wani jami'in sojan Amurka ne, ɗan jaha, kuma Uban Kafa wanda yayi aiki a matsayin shugaban Amurka na farko daga 1789 zuwa 1797. Majalisar Tarayyar Turai ta nada shi a matsayin kwamandan Sojan Nahiyar. , Washington ta jagoranci sojojin Patriot zuwa nasara a yakin juyin juya halin Amurka kuma ya zama shugaban Yarjejeniyar Tsarin Mulki na 1787, wanda ya kirkiro da kuma tabbatar da Kundin Tsarin Mulki na Amurka da gwamnatin tarayya ta Amurka.An kira Washington "Uban Kasarsa" saboda jagorancinsa iri-iri a kafuwar kasar.Ofishin jama'a na farko na Washington, daga 1749 zuwa 1750, ya kasance mai bincike na gundumar Culpeper, Virginia.Daga baya ya sami horon soji na farko kuma an ba shi umarni na Regiment na Virginia a lokacin Yaƙin Faransa da Indiya .Daga baya an zabe shi a gidan Burgesses na Virginia kuma aka nada shi wakilin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, inda aka nada shi Babban Kwamandan Sojojin Nahiyar, kuma ya jagoranci sojojin Amurka da ke kawance da Faransa don cin nasara kan Burtaniya a Siege na Yorktown a 1781 a lokacin. Yakin Juyin Juyi, wanda ya share fagen samun 'yancin kai na Amurka.Ya yi murabus daga mukaminsa a shekara ta 1783 bayan da aka sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar Paris.Washington ta taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen amincewa da kuma tabbatar da Kundin Tsarin Mulki na Amurka, wanda ya maye gurbin Kundin Tsarin Mulki a cikin 1789 kuma ya kasance mafi dadewa a rubuce da kundin tsarin mulkin kasa na kasa har yau.Sannan sau biyu hukumar zabe ta zabe shi shugaban kasa baki daya.A matsayinsa na shugaban Amurka na farko, Washington ta aiwatar da gwamnatin kasa mai karfi, mai samun kudin shiga, yayin da ta ci gaba da kasancewa mara son kai a wata gaggarumar hamayya da ta kunno kai tsakanin mambobin majalisar ministocin kasar Thomas Jefferson da Alexander Hamilton.A lokacin juyin juya halin Faransa, ya yi shelar manufar ba da tsaka-tsaki yayin da ya sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar Jay.Ya kafa misali na dindindin ga ofishin shugaban kasa, gami da yin amfani da taken “Mr. Shugaban kasa” da kuma yin rantsuwa da ofishin da hannunsa a kan Littafi Mai Tsarki.Jawabinsa na bankwana a ranar 19 ga Satumba, 1796, ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin babban sanarwa akan jamhuriya.
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1732 - 1758
Rayuwar Farko Da Aikin Sojaornament
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1732 Feb 22

Haihuwa da Rayuwar Farko

Ferry Farm, Kings Highway, Fre
Iyalin Washington hamshakin attajiri ne mai shukar shukar Virginia wanda ya yi arzikinsa ta hanyar hasashen ƙasa da noman taba.Kakan kakan Washington John Washington ya yi hijira a shekara ta 1656 daga Sulgrave, Northamptonshire, Ingila, zuwa yankin Ingilishi na Virginia inda ya tara kadada 5,000 na fili, gami da Little Hunting Creek a kan kogin Potomac.An haifi George Washington a ranar 22 ga Fabrairu, 1732, a Popes Creek a gundumar Westmoreland, a yankin Virginia na Birtaniya, kuma shine farkon 'ya'ya shida na Augustine da Mary Ball Washington.Mahaifinsa ya kasance mai adalci na zaman lafiya kuma shahararren jama'a wanda ke da ƙarin 'ya'ya hudu daga aurensa na farko zuwa Jane Butler.Iyalin sun ƙaura zuwa Little Hunting Creek a shekara ta 1735. A shekara ta 1738, sun ƙaura zuwa gonar Ferry kusa da Fredericksburg, Virginia, a kan rafin Rappahannock.Lokacin da Augustine ya mutu a 1743, Washington ta gaji Ferry Farm da bayi goma;Babban ɗan'uwansa Lawrence ya gaji Little Hunting Creek kuma ya sake masa suna Dutsen Vernon.Washington ba shi da ilimin da ’yan uwansa suka samu a Makarantar Grammar ta Appleby a Ingila, amma ya halarci Makarantar Ikilisiya ta Ƙarfafa a Hartfield.Ya koyi ilmin lissafi, trigonometry, da binciken ƙasa kuma ya zama ƙwararren mai tsara taswira.Lokacin da ya fara girma, yana rubutu da "ƙarfi mai mahimmanci" da "daidaici".A cikin neman sha'awarsa, matsayi, da iko, rubutunsa ya nuna rashin basira ko ban dariya.
Gundumar Surveyor
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1749 Jul 20

Gundumar Surveyor

Culpeper County, Virginia, USA
Washington takan ziyarci Dutsen Vernon da Belvoir, shukar da ke mallakar surukin Lawrence William Fairfax.Fairfax ya zama majiɓincin Washington kuma mahaifinsa, kuma Washington ta yi wata ɗaya a 1748 tare da ƙungiyar da ke binciken kadarorin Shenandoah Valley na Fairfax.A shekara ta gaba ya sami lasisin mai binciken daga Kwalejin William & Mary lokacin yana ɗan shekara 17.Duk da cewa Washington ba ta yi aikin koyo na al'ada ba, Fairfax ya nada shi mai binciken gundumar Culpeper, Virginia, kuma ya bayyana a gundumar Culpeper don yin rantsuwa a ofishinsa a ranar 20 ga Yuli, 1749. Daga baya ya san kansa da yankin kan iyaka, kuma ko da yake ya yi murabus. daga aikin a 1750, ya ci gaba da yin safiyo a yammacin Blue Ridge Mountains.A shekara ta 1752 ya sayi kusan kadada 1,500 a cikin kwarin kuma ya mallaki kadada 2,315.
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Washington ya yi balaguron sa kawai a ƙasashen waje lokacin da ya raka Lawrence zuwa Barbados, yana fatan yanayin zai warkar da cutar tarin fuka. ©HistoryMaps
1751 Jan 1

Barbados

Barbados
A 1751, Washington ya yi balaguron sa kawai a ƙasashen waje lokacin da ya raka Lawrence zuwa Barbados, yana fatan yanayin zai warkar da cutar tarin fuka.Birnin Washington ya kamu da cutar sankarau a lokacin wannan tafiya, wanda ya yi masa rigakafi kuma ya bar fuskarsa dan tabo.Lawrence ya mutu a 1752, kuma Washington ta yi hayar Dutsen Vernon daga gwauruwarsa Anne.
Major Washington
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1753 Jan 1

Major Washington

Ohio River, United States
Sabis na Lawrence Washington a matsayin mataimakin janar na 'yan bindigar Virginia ya karfafa wa dan uwansa George don neman kwamiti.Laftanar gwamnan Virginia, Robert Dinwiddie, ya nada George Washington a matsayin babba kuma kwamandan daya daga cikin gundumomin ‘yan bindiga hudu.Birtaniya da Faransanci sun yi fafatawa don mallakar kwarin Ohio.Yayin da Birtaniya ke gina garu tare da Kogin Ohio, Faransawa suna yin haka-gina garu tsakanin Kogin Ohio da Lake Erie.A cikin Oktoba 1753, Dinwiddie ya nada Washington a matsayin manzo na musamman.Ya aika George ya bukaci sojojin Faransa su bar ƙasar da Birtaniya ke da'awar.An kuma nada Washington don yin sulhu da Iroquois Confederacy, da kuma tattara ƙarin bayanan sirri game da sojojin Faransa.Washington ta gana da Half-King Tanacharison, da sauran sarakunan Iroquois, a Logstown, inda suka tattara bayanai game da lambobi da wuraren da sojojin Faransa suke, da kuma bayanan sirri game da mutanen da Faransawa suka kama.Tanacharison ta ba wa Washington suna Conotocaurius (mai lalata gari ko mai cinye ƙauyuka).An riga an ba da sunan laƙabi ga kakansa John Washington a ƙarshen karni na sha bakwai ta Susquehannock.Jam'iyyar Washington ta isa Kogin Ohio a watan Nuwamba 1753, kuma wani jami'in sintiri na Faransa ya kama shi.An raka jam'iyyar zuwa Fort Le Boeuf, inda aka tarbi Washington cikin kwanciyar hankali.Ya ba da bukatar Birtaniyya ta ficewa ga kwamandan Faransa Saint-Pierre, amma Faransawa sun ƙi barin.Saint-Pierre ya ba wa Washington amsarsa ta hukuma a cikin ambulan da aka rufe bayan jinkiri na ƴan kwanaki, da kuma abinci da ƙarin kayan sanyi don tafiyar jam'iyyarsa ta komawa Virginia.Washington ta kammala aikin da ba ta dace ba a cikin kwanaki 77, a cikin mawuyacin yanayi na hunturu, inda ya cimma ma'auni na bambanci lokacin da aka buga rahotonsa a Virginia da London.
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1754 Jul 3

Yakin Faransa da Indiya

Fort Necessity National Battle
A cikin Fabrairu 1754, Dinwiddie ya ciyar da Washington zuwa ga Laftanar Kanar da kuma na biyu a cikin kwamandan rundunar Virginia 300, tare da umarni don fuskantar sojojin Faransa a Forks na Ohio.Washington ta tashi zuwa Forks tare da rabin tsarin mulki a watan Afrilu kuma nan da nan ta sami labarin sojojin Faransa 1,000 sun fara gina Fort Duquesne a can.A watan Mayu, bayan da ya kafa matsayin tsaro a Great Meadows, ya sami labarin cewa Faransawa sun yi sansanin mil bakwai (kilomita 11);ya yanke shawarar kai harin.Sojojin Faransa sun kasance kusan maza 50 ne kawai, don haka Washington ta ci gaba a ranar 28 ga Mayu tare da 'yan tsirarun 'yan Virginia da kawayen Indiya don yi musu kwanton bauna.Abin da ya faru, wanda aka fi sani da Yaƙin Jumonville Glen ko kuma "Al'amarin Jumonville", an yi jayayya da shi, kuma an kashe sojojin Faransa gaba ɗaya da tsummoki da ƙyanƙyashe.An kashe kwamandan Faransa Joseph Coulon de Jumonville, wanda ya aika da sakon diflomasiyya ga Birtaniya da su fice.Sojojin Faransa sun gano Jumonville da wasu daga cikin mutanensa sun mutu kuma sun yi zato cewa Washington ce ke da alhakin.Washington ta zargi mai fassara nasa da rashin sadar da manufar Faransa.Dinwiddie ya taya Washington murna saboda nasarar da ya yi akan Faransa.Wannan lamarin ya haifar da yakin Faransa da Indiya , wanda daga baya ya zama wani bangare na Yakin Shekaru Bakwai mafi girma .Cikakken Regiment na Virginia ya shiga Washington a Fort Necessity a wata mai zuwa tare da labarin cewa an ba shi mukamin kwamandan runduna da Kanar a kan mutuwar kwamandan.Wani kamfani mai zaman kansa na ɗari ɗari na Kudancin Carolina karkashin jagorancin Kyaftin James Mackay ne ya ƙarfafa tsarin, wanda hukumarsa ta sarautar ta zarce ta Washington, kuma an sami sabani na doka.Ranar 3 ga watan Yuli, sojojin Faransa sun kai hari tare da mutane 900, kuma yakin da ya biyo baya ya ƙare a cikin mika wuya na Washington.Bayan haka, Kanar James Innes ya dauki kwamandan rundunonin ‘yan mulkin mallaka, an raba Regiment na Virginia, kuma an ba wa Washington mukamin kyaftin wanda ya ki, tare da murabus din nasa.
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1755 May 1

Virginia Regiment

Fort Duquesne, 3 Rivers Herita
A cikin 1755, Washington ta yi aiki da son rai a matsayin mataimaki ga Janar Edward Braddock, wanda ya jagoranci balaguron Burtaniya don korar Faransawa daga Fort Duquesne da Ƙasar Ohio.A kan shawarar Washington, Braddock ya raba sojojin zuwa babban ginshiƙi guda ɗaya da kuma “shafi mai tashi”.Da yake fama da mummunan yanayin dysentery, an bar Washington a baya, kuma lokacin da ya koma Braddock a Monongahela Faransanci da abokansu na Indiya sun yi wa sojojin da suka rabu.Kashi biyu bisa uku na sojojin Burtaniya sun sami raunuka, ciki har da Braddock wanda ya ji rauni.A karkashin jagorancin Laftanar Kanar Thomas Gage, Washington, har yanzu yana fama da rashin lafiya, ya tattara wadanda suka tsira tare da kafa masu gadi na baya, wanda ya ba da damar ragowar sojojin su koma baya.A lokacin da ake wannan alkawari, sai ya sa aka harbe dawakai guda biyu daga karkashinsa, kuma an huda masa hula da rigarsa.Halinsa a karkashin wuta ya fanshe sunansa a cikin masu sukar umarninsa a yakin Fort Necessity, amma kwamandan da ya gaje shi (Karnel Thomas Dunbar) bai haɗa shi ba wajen tsara ayyuka na gaba.An sake gina Regiment na Virginia a watan Agusta 1755, kuma Dinwiddie ya nada Washington kwamandanta, kuma tare da mukamin kanar.Washington ta yi taho-mu-gama kan girma kusan nan da nan, a wannan karon tare da John Dagworthy, wani kyaftin na babban mukamin sarauta, wanda ya ba da umarnin tawagar Marylanders a hedkwatar rundunar da ke Fort Cumberland.Washington, wanda ba shi da hakuri don kai hari ga Fort Duquesne, ya tabbata Braddock zai ba shi kwamiti na sarauta kuma ya matsa kararsa a watan Fabrairun 1756 tare da magajin Braddock a matsayin Babban Kwamandan, William Shirley, kuma a cikin Janairu 1757 tare da magajin Shirley, Lord. Loudoun.Shirley ta yi mulki a cikin yardar Washington kawai a cikin al'amarin Dagworthy;Loudoun ya wulakanta Washington, ya ki amincewa da shi a matsayin sarauta kuma ya yarda kawai don sauke shi daga alhakin kula da Fort Cumberland.A shekara ta 1758, an ba da Rundunar Virginia Regiment zuwa Birtaniya Forbes Expedition don kama Fort Duquesne.Washington ba ta yarda da dabarun Janar John Forbes da zaɓaɓɓen hanya ba.Forbes duk da haka ya mayar da Washington babban brigadier janar kuma ya ba shi umurnin daya daga cikin brigades uku da za su kai hari ga sansanin.Faransawa sun yi watsi da kagara da kwarin kafin a kai harin;Birnin Washington ya ga tashin gobarar sada zumunci ne kawai wanda ya yi sanadin mutuwar mutane 14 da jikkata 26.Yaƙin ya ɗauki wasu shekaru huɗu, kuma Washington ta yi murabus daga hukumarsa ta koma Dutsen Vernon.
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1758 Jan 1

Virginia House of Burgesses

Virginia, USA
Ayyukan siyasar Washington sun haɗa da goyon bayan takarar abokinsa George William Fairfax a cikin yunkurinsa na 1755 don wakiltar yankin a cikin Gidan Burgesses na Virginia.Wannan goyon bayan ya haifar da takaddama wanda ya haifar da rikici tsakanin Washington da wani mai shuka Virginia, William Payne.Washington ta kawar da lamarin, gami da ba da umarnin jami'an Regiment na Virginia da su tashi tsaye.Washington ta nemi afuwar Payne washegari a wani gidan abinci.Payne ya yi tsammanin za a kalubalanci shi zuwa duel.A matsayin jarumin soja da ake girmamawa kuma babban mai mallakar ƙasa, Washington ta kasance ofisoshin gida kuma an zabe ta a majalisar dokokin lardin Virginia, mai wakiltar Frederick County a cikin House of Burgesses na tsawon shekaru bakwai da suka fara a 1758. Ya ba da masu jefa kuri'a tare da giya, brandy, da sauran abubuwan sha, ko da yake ba ya nan yayin da yake hidima a balaguron Forbes.Ya lashe zaben da kusan kashi 40 cikin 100 na kuri'un da aka kada, inda ya doke wasu 'yan takara uku tare da taimakon wasu magoya bayan gida.Bai yi magana ba a farkon aikinsa na majalisa, amma ya zama babban mai sukar manufofin haraji na Biritaniya da manufofin 'yan kasuwa game da mulkin mallaka na Amurka tun daga shekarun 1760.
1759 - 1774
Dutsen Vernon da Tashin Siyasaornament
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1759 Jan 1 00:01

Manomin Gentleman

George Washington's Mount Vern
Ta wurin zama, Washington ya kasance mai shuka, kuma ya shigo da kayan alatu da sauran kayayyaki daga Ingila , yana biyan su ta hanyar fitar da taba.Kudaden da ya yi na karuwanci tare da ƙananan farashin taba ya bar shi bashin £ 1,800 a shekara ta 1764, wanda ya sa shi ya bambanta da hannun jari.A cikin 1765, saboda zaizayar ƙasa da sauran matsalolin ƙasa, ya canza kayan amfanin gona na farko na Dutsen Vernon daga taba zuwa alkama kuma ya faɗaɗa ayyuka don haɗawa da garin masara da kamun kifi.Washington kuma ta ɗauki lokaci don nishaɗi tare da farautar fox, kamun kifi, raye-raye, wasan kwaikwayo, katunan, backgammon, da biliards.Ba da daɗewa ba an ƙidaya Washington a cikin jiga-jigan siyasa da zamantakewa a Virginia.Daga 1768 zuwa 1775, ya gayyaci baƙi 2,000 zuwa gidansa na Dutsen Vernon, akasari waɗanda ya ɗauka a matsayin mutane masu daraja, kuma an san cewa suna da nasiha na musamman ga baƙi.Ya ƙara yin siyasa a cikin 1769, yana gabatar da doka a Majalisar Dokokin Virginia don kafa takunkumi kan kayayyaki daga Burtaniya.
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Washington ta auri Martha Dandridge Custis ©Image Attribution forthcoming. Image belongs to the respective owner(s).
1759 Jan 6

Aure

George Washington's Mount Vern
A ranar 6 ga Janairu, 1759, Washington, tana da shekaru 26, ta auri Martha Dandridge Custis, gwauruwa mai shekaru 27 mai arzikin shuka Daniel Parke Custis.An yi auren a gidan Marta;ta kasance haziki, mai alheri, da gogewa wajen sarrafa kadarorin shuka, kuma ma'auratan sun haifar da aure mai dadi.Sun rene John Parke Custis (Jacky) da Martha Parke Custis (Patsy), yara daga aurenta na baya, sannan daga baya yaran Jacky Eleanor Parke Custis (Nelly) da George Washington Parke Custis (Washy).An yi tunanin yakin Washington na 1751 tare da kananan yara ya sanya shi bakararre, ko da yake yana iya yiwuwa Martha ta sami rauni a lokacin haihuwar Patsy, ɗanta na ƙarshe, wanda ya sa ƙarin haihuwa ba zai yiwu ba."Ma'auratan sun koka da rashin haihuwa tare.Sun ƙaura zuwa Dutsen Vernon, kusa da Alexandria, inda ya ɗauki rayuwa a matsayin mai shuka taba da alkama kuma ya fito a matsayin ɗan siyasa.Auren ya bai wa Washington iko a kan sha'awar Martha na kashi ɗaya bisa uku na riba a cikin kadada 18,000 (7,300 ha) Custis estate, kuma ya gudanar da sauran kashi biyu bisa uku na 'ya'yan Martha;Gidan ya kuma hada da bayi 84.Ya zama ɗaya daga cikin hamshakan attajirai na Virginia, wanda ya ƙara masa matsayi na zamantakewa.
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1774 Sep 5 - Oct 26

Majalisar Nahiyar Farko

Carpenters' Hall, Chestnut Str
Washington ta taka muhimmiyar rawa kafin da lokacin juyin juya halin Amurka .Rashin amincewarsa da sojojin Burtaniya ya fara ne lokacin da aka ba shi mukamin soja na dindindin.Da yake adawa da harajin da Majalisar Dokokin Burtaniya ta sanya a kan Mallaka ba tare da wakilcin da ya dace ba, shi da sauran 'yan mulkin mallaka ma sun fusata da sanarwar sarauta ta 1763 wacce ta haramta matsugunan Amurkawa a yammacin tsaunin Allegheny da kuma kare cinikin fur na Burtaniya.Washington ta yi imani da Dokar Tambarin 1765 "Dokar Zalunci ce", kuma ya yi bikin soke ta a shekara mai zuwa.A cikin Maris 1766, Majalisar ta zartar da Dokar Bayyanawa da ke tabbatar da cewa dokar majalisa ta maye gurbin dokar mulkin mallaka.A ƙarshen 1760s, tsoma bakin Masarautar Birtaniyya a cikin hasashen ƙasashen yammacin Amurka mai fa'ida ya haifar da juyin juya halin Amurka.Washington da kansa ya kasance mai ƙwaƙƙwaran ƙasa mai wadata, kuma a cikin 1767, ya ƙarfafa "kasada" don samun ƙasashen yamma na baya.Washington ta taimaka wajen haifar da zanga-zangar adawa da Ayyukan Townshend da Majalisar ta zartar a 1767, kuma ya gabatar da wata shawara a watan Mayu 1769 wanda George Mason ya tsara wanda ya kira 'yan Virginia don kauracewa kayayyakin Burtaniya;Ayyukan Manzanni sun kasance mafi yawa a cikin 1770.Majalisa ta nemi hukunta masu mulkin mallaka na Massachusetts saboda rawar da suka taka a Jam'iyyar Tea ta Boston a 1774 ta hanyar zartar da Ayyukan Koyarwa, wanda Washington ta kira "mamaye hakkinmu da gata".Ya ce bai kamata Amurkawa su mika wuya ga ayyukan zalunci ba tun da "al'ada da amfani da su za su sa mu zama bayi kuma azzalumai, a matsayin bakaken fata da muke mulka da irin wannan salon mulkin".A wannan watan Yuli, shi da George Mason sun tsara jerin shawarwari ga kwamitin Fairfax County wanda Washington ke shugabanta, kuma kwamitin ya amince da Fairfax Resolves yana kira ga Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, da kuma kawo karshen cinikin bayi.A ranar 1 ga Agusta, Washington ya halarci taron farko na Virginia, inda aka zabe shi a matsayin wakilin Majalisar Nahiyar Nahiyar Farko, Satumba 5 zuwa Oktoba 26, 1774, wanda shi ma ya halarta.Yayin da tashin hankali ya tashi a cikin 1774, ya taimaka wajen horar da 'yan bindiga a Virginia kuma ya tsara tilasta aiwatar da Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙungiyoyin Birtaniya da Majalisar ta kafa.
1775 - 1783
Yakin Juyin Juya Halin Amurkaornament
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1775 Jun 15

Babban Kwamandan Sojojin Nahiyar

Independence Hall, Chestnut St
Yaƙin Juyin Juya Halin Amurka ya fara ne a ranar 19 ga Afrilu, 1775, tare da Yaƙin Lexington da Concord da Siege na Boston.’Yan mulkin mallaka sun kasu kashi biyu kan ballewa daga mulkin Birtaniya suka kasu kashi biyu: Masu kishin kasa wadanda suka ki mulkin Birtaniyya, da masu aminci da suke son su kasance karkashin Sarki.Janar Thomas Gage shi ne kwamandan sojojin Birtaniya a Amurka a farkon yakin.Da jin labarin farawar yaƙi, Washington ta yi "bakin ciki da damuwa", kuma ya yi gaggawar tashi daga Dutsen Vernon a ranar 4 ga Mayu, 1775, don shiga Majalisar Nahiyar Nahiyar Na Biyu a Philadelphia.Majalisa ta kafa Rundunar Sojan Ƙasa a ranar 14 ga Yuni, 1775, kuma Samuel da John Adams sun zabi Washington don zama babban kwamandan.An zabi Washington a kan John Hancock saboda kwarewar soja da kuma imanin cewa dan Virginia zai fi dacewa ya hada yankunan.An dauke shi a matsayin jagora mai ban tsoro wanda ya kiyaye "burinsa".Majalisa ta zabe shi gaba daya kwamandan da ya ke yi washegari.Washington ta bayyana a gaban Majalisa sanye da kayan aiki kuma ta ba da jawabin amincewa a ranar 16 ga watan Yuni, inda ta ki biyan albashi - ko da yake daga baya aka biya shi kudaden.An ba shi mukamin ne a ranar 19 ga watan Yuni kuma wakilan majalisa sun yaba masa sosai, ciki har da John Adams, wanda ya yi shelar cewa shi ne mutumin da ya fi dacewa da jagoranci da kuma hada kan al'ummomin.Majalisa ta nada Washington "Janar & Kwamandan Hafsan Hafsoshin Sojojin United Colonies da na duk sojojin da aka tashe ko kuma za a tayar da su", kuma ta umarce shi da ya dauki nauyin kewayen Boston a ranar 22 ga Yuni, 1775.Majalisa ta zabi manyan hafsoshinsa, ciki har da Major General Artemas Ward, Adjutant General Horatio Gates, Major General Charles Lee, Major General Philip Schuyler, Major General Nathanael Greene, Colonel Henry Knox, da Kanar Alexander Hamilton.Kanar Benedict Arnold ya burge Washington kuma ya ba shi alhakin kaddamar da mamaye Kanada.Ya kuma yi aiki da dan kasar Faransa da Yakin Indiya Brigadier Janar Daniel Morgan.Henry Knox ya burge Adams da ilimin kayan aiki, kuma Washington ta kara masa girma zuwa kanal da shugaban manyan bindigogi.
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1776 Dec 25

Hatsarin George Washington na Kogin Delaware

Washington Crossing Bridge, Wa
Ketarawar kogin Delaware na George Washington ya faru ne a daren ranar 25-26 ga Disamba, 1776, a lokacin yakin juyin juya halin Amurka , shi ne mataki na farko a wani harin ba-zata da George Washington ya shirya a kan sojojin Hessian, wadanda suka kasance mataimakan Jamus da ke taimakon Birtaniya, a Trenton, New Jersey, a safiyar ranar 26 ga Disamba. An shirya shi cikin sirri, Washington ta jagoranci wani ginshiƙi na Sojojin Nahiyar Afirka daga gundumar Bucks na yau, Pennsylvania a haye kogin Delaware kan kankara zuwa gundumar Mercer ta yau, New Jersey, a cikin ƙalubale da aiki mai haɗari. .Sauran hanyoyin wucewar da aka tsara don tallafawa aikin ko dai an dakatar da su ko kuma ba su da tasiri, amma hakan bai hana Washington yin mamaki da fatattakar sojojin Johann Rall da ke da kwata a Trenton ba.Bayan sun yi fafatawa a can, sojojin sun sake ketare kogin zuwa Pennsylvania, a wannan karon tare da fursunoni da shagunan sojoji da aka kwashe sakamakon yakin.Sojojin Washington sun haye kogin a karo na uku a karshen shekara, a karkashin yanayin da ya kara wahala saboda rashin tabbas na kankara a kogin.Sun ci nasara da ƙarfafawar Birtaniyya a ƙarƙashin Lord Cornwallis a Trenton ranar 2 ga Janairu, 1777, kuma sun yi nasara a kan masu tsaron baya a Princeton washegari kafin su koma wuraren hunturu a Morristown, New Jersey.Kamar yadda aka yi biki tun farkon yaƙin juyin juya hali na ƙarshe, al'ummomin da ba a haɗa su ba na Crossing Washington, Pennsylvania, da Washington Crossing, New Jersey, a yau ana kiran su don girmama taron.
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1777 Dec 19 - 1778 Jun 19

Valley Forge

Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, U.
Sojojin Washington na 11,000 sun shiga wuraren sanyi a Valley Forge arewacin Philadelphia a watan Disamba 1777. Sun sha wahala tsakanin 2,000 zuwa 3,000 mutuwar a cikin matsanancin sanyi a cikin watanni shida, galibi daga cututtuka da rashin abinci, tufafi, da matsuguni.A halin da ake ciki, Birtaniya sun kasance cikin kwanciyar hankali a Philadelphia, suna biyan kayayyaki a fam, yayin da Washington ke kokawa da rage darajar takardar takardar Amurka.Ba da da ewa ba, daji ya gaji da wasa, kuma a watan Fabrairu, ya ragu kuma ya karu da gudu.Washington ta gabatar da koke akai-akai ga Majalisar Dinkin Duniya don tanadi.Ya karbi tawagar Majalisar don duba yanayin Sojojin tare da bayyana gaggawar lamarin, yana mai cewa: "Dole ne a yi wani abu, dole ne a yi gyare-gyare mai mahimmanci."Ya ba da shawarar cewa Majalisa ta gaggauta samar da kayayyaki, kuma Majalisa ta amince da karfafawa da kuma samar da kudaden samar da kayan aikin soja ta hanyar sake tsara sashen kwamishinoni.Ya zuwa ƙarshen Fabrairu, kayayyaki sun fara isowa.Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben ba da daɗewa ba hakowa ba da daɗewa ba ya canza ma'aikatan Washington a cikin rundunar yaki mai horo, kuma sojojin da aka farfado sun fito daga Valley Forge a farkon shekara mai zuwa.Washington ta daukaka Von Steuben zuwa Manjo Janar kuma ta sanya shi shugaban ma'aikata.
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1781 Sep 28 - Oct 19

Siege na Yorktown

Yorktown, Virginia, USA
Sifen Yorktown wata babbar nasara ce ta kawancen hadin gwiwa na hadin gwiwar Sojojin Nahiyar da Janar Washington ke jagoranta, da Sojojin Faransa da Janar Comte de Rochambeau ya ba da umarni, da kuma Navy na Faransa da Admiral de Grasse ya ba da umarni, a cin kashi na Cornwallis na Burtaniya. sojojin.A ranar 19 ga Agusta, an fara tattaki zuwa Yorktown karkashin jagorancin Washington da Rochambeau, wanda aka sani yanzu a matsayin "Marcin da aka yi murna".Washington ta kasance shugaban rundunar sojojin Faransa 7,800, mayaka 3,100, da Nahiyoyi 8,000.Ba shi da gogewa sosai a yaƙin yaƙi, Washington ta kan yi magana game da hukuncin Janar Rochambeau kuma ta yi amfani da shawararsa game da yadda za a ci gaba;duk da haka, Rochambeau bai taba kalubalantar ikon Washington a matsayin kwamandan yakin ba.A karshen watan Satumba, sojojin Patriot-Faransa sun kewaye Yorktown, sun kama sojojin Birtaniya, suka hana Birtaniya karfafawa daga Clinton a Arewa, yayin da sojojin ruwa na Faransa suka yi nasara a yakin Chesapeake.An fara harin na karshe na Amurka da harbin da Washington ta yi.Sifen ya ƙare tare da mika wuya na Burtaniya a ranar 19 ga Oktoba, 1781;sama da sojojin Burtaniya 7,000 aka mayar da fursunonin yaƙi, a babban yaƙin ƙasa na ƙarshe na Yaƙin Juyin Juyin Juya Halin Amurka .Washington ta yi shawarwari kan sharuddan mika wuya na kwanaki biyu, kuma an gudanar da bikin sanya hannu a hukumance a ranar 19 ga Oktoba;Cornwallis ya yi ikirarin rashin lafiya kuma ba ya nan, ya aika Janar Charles O'Hara a matsayin wakilinsa.A matsayin nuna fatan alheri, Washington ta gudanar da liyafar cin abincin dare ga janar-janar na Amurka, Faransanci, da Birtaniyya, waɗanda dukkansu suka haɗa kai bisa ƙa'idodin abokantaka kuma sun gano juna a matsayin memba na ƙwararrun sojan soja guda ɗaya.
Murabus George Washington a matsayin babban kwamanda
Janar George Washington yayi murabus daga Hukumarsa ©John Trumbull
1783 Dec 23

Murabus George Washington a matsayin babban kwamanda

Maryland State House, State Ci
Murabus da George Washington ya yi a matsayin babban kwamanda ya nuna ƙarshen aikin soja na Washington a yakin juyin juya halin Amurka da kuma komawar sa ga rayuwar farar hula a Dutsen Vernon.An bayyana matakin nasa na son rai a matsayin "daya daga cikin manyan ayyukan mulkin kasa" kuma ya taimaka wajen kafa tsarin farar hula na mulkin soja.Bayan yarjejeniyar Paris da ta kawo karshen yakin da aka sanya hannu a ranar 3 ga Satumba, 1783, kuma bayan da sojojin Birtaniya na karshe suka bar birnin New York a ranar 25 ga Nuwamba, Washington ta yi murabus daga mukaminsa a matsayin babban kwamandan Sojan Nahiyar zuwa Majalisar Dinkin Duniya. Confederation, sa'an nan kuma taro a cikin Maryland State House a Annapolis, Maryland, a ranar 23 ga Disamba na wannan shekarar.Wannan ya biyo bayan bankwana da ya yi da Sojan Nahiyar, a ranar 2 ga Nuwamba a Rockingham kusa da Princeton, New Jersey, da bankwana da jami'an sa, ranar 4 ga Disamba a Fraunces Tavern a birnin New York.
Yakin Indiyawan Arewa maso Yamma
Legion na Amurka a yakin Fallen Timbers, 1794 ©Image Attribution forthcoming. Image belongs to the respective owner(s).
1786 Jan 1 - 1795

Yakin Indiyawan Arewa maso Yamma

Indianapolis, IN, USA
A lokacin kaka na 1789, Washington ta yi gwagwarmaya tare da Birtaniya sun ƙi barin sansaninsu a yankin Arewa maso yammacin da kuma kokarin da suke yi na tayar da kabilun Indiyawa don kai farmaki ga mazauna Amurka.Kabilun Arewa maso Yamma karkashin shugaban Miami Little Turtle sun hada kai da Sojojin Burtaniya don yin tsayayya da fadada Amurka, kuma sun kashe mazauna 1,500 tsakanin 1783 zuwa 1790.A shekara ta 1790, Washington ta aika Brigadier Janar Josiah Harmar don kwantar da hankulan kabilun Arewa maso yamma, amma Little Turtle ya ci shi sau biyu kuma ya tilasta masa ya janye.Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Arewa maso Yamma sun yi amfani da dabarun gwagwarmaya kuma sun kasance da karfi mai karfi a kan Sojojin Amurka marasa galihu.Washington ta aika da Manjo Janar Arthur St. Clair daga Fort Washington a wani balaguro na maido da zaman lafiya a yankin a shekara ta 1791. A ranar 4 ga Nuwamba, sojojin St. Clair sun yi kwanton bauna kuma sojojin kabilanci da 'yan tsiraru sun yi galaba a kansu, duk da kashedin da Washington ta yi na harin ba-zata.Washington ta fusata kan abin da yake kallo a matsayin wuce gona da iri na zalunci da kisa da ake yi wa fursunonin da suka hada da mata da yara.St. Clair ya yi murabus daga hukumarsa, kuma Washington ta maye gurbinsa da jarumin yakin juyin juya hali Manjo Janar Anthony Wayne.Daga 1792 zuwa 1793, Wayne ya umurci sojojinsa game da dabarun yaƙi na ƴan asalin ƙasar Amirka kuma ya cusa horo wanda ba shi da tushe a ƙarƙashin St. Clair.A watan Agustan 1794, Washington ta aika Wayne zuwa yankin kabilanci tare da ikon fitar da su ta hanyar kona ƙauyuka da amfanin gona a cikin kwarin Maumee.Ranar 24 ga watan Agusta, sojojin Amurka karkashin jagorancin Wayne sun ci nasara a Arewa maso yammacin Confederacy a yakin Fallen Timbers, kuma Yarjejeniyar Greenville a watan Agustan 1795 ta bude kashi biyu bisa uku na kasar Ohio don zama na Amurka.
1787 - 1797
Taron Tsarin Mulki da Shugabancin Kasaornament
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1787 May 25

Yarjejeniyar Tsarin Mulki na 1787

Philadelphia, PA, USA
Kafin komawa rayuwa ta sirri a watan Yuni 1783, Washington ta yi kira ga ƙungiyoyi masu ƙarfi.Ko da yake ya damu da cewa za a iya zarge shi da yin katsalandan a cikin al'amuran jama'a, amma ya aika da wasiƙar da'ira ga dukkan jihohin, yana mai tabbatar da cewa Kundin Tsarin Mulki bai wuce " igiyar yashi " da ke haɗa jihohin ba.Ya yi amanna cewa al’ummar kasar na gab da fadawa cikin “mulki da rudani”, tana da rauni ga tsoma bakin kasashen waje, kuma tsarin mulkin kasa zai hada kan jihohi a karkashin gwamnatin tsakiya mai karfi.Lokacin da Shays 'Tawayen ya fashe a Massachusetts a ranar 29 ga Agusta, 1786, kan haraji, Washington ta kara da tabbacin cewa ana bukatar tsarin mulkin kasa.Wasu 'yan kishin kasa sun ji tsoron cewa sabuwar jamhuriyar ta shiga cikin rashin bin doka, kuma sun taru a ranar 11 ga Satumba, 1786, a Annapolis don neman Congress don sake duba Labaran Confederation.Ɗayan babban ƙoƙarin su, duk da haka, shine samun Washington don halartar.Majalisa ta amince da Yarjejeniyar Tsarin Mulki da za a gudanar a Philadelphia a Spring 1787, kuma kowace jiha za ta aika wakilai.A ranar 4 ga Disamba, 1786, an zaɓi Washington don ya jagoranci tawagar Virginia, amma ya ƙi ranar 21 ga Disamba. Ya damu game da halaccin taron kuma ya tuntubi James Madison, Henry Knox, da sauransu.Sun lallashe shi da ya halarci taron, duk da haka, kasancewar kasancewarsa na iya sa jihohin da ba su da sha'awar tura wakilai da kuma daidaita hanyar da za a amince da shi.A ranar 28 ga Maris, Washington ta gaya wa Gwamna Edmund Randolph cewa zai halarci taron amma ya bayyana a fili cewa an bukace shi da ya halarci taron.Washington ta isa Philadelphia a ranar 9 ga Mayu, 1787, ko da yake ba a kai ga samin taron majalisa ba sai ranar Juma'a, 25 ga Mayu. Benjamin Franklin ya zabi Washington don ya jagoranci taron, kuma an zabe shi gaba daya don zama shugaban kasa.Manufar taron na jihohi shine don sake duba Kundin Tsarin Mulki tare da "duk irin waɗannan sauye-sauye da ƙarin tanadi" da ake buƙata don inganta su, kuma za a kafa sabuwar gwamnati lokacin da takardar da aka samu ta "tabbatacce daga jihohi da yawa".Gwamna Edmund Randolph na Virginia ya gabatar da Shirin Madison na Virginia a ranar 27 ga Mayu, rana ta uku na taron.Ta yi kira da a samar da sabon kundin tsarin mulki gaba daya da kuma gwamnatin kasa mai cikakken iko, wanda Washington ta ba da shawarar sosai.Washington ta rubuta Alexander Hamilton a ranar 10 ga Yuli: "Na kusa yanke kauna na ganin matsala mai kyau ga shari'ar taronmu don haka na tuba tun da akwai wata hukuma a cikin kasuwanci."Duk da haka, ya ba da martabarsa ga kyakkyawar niyya da aikin sauran wakilai.Bai yi nasara ba ya jawo wa mutane da yawa goyon bayan amincewa da Kundin Tsarin Mulki, kamar mai adawa da gwamnatin tarayya Patrick Henry;Washington ta gaya masa "sauke shi a halin da ake ciki yanzu na kungiyar a ganina abu ne mai kyau" kuma ta ayyana madadin zai zama rikici.Bayan haka Washington da Madison sun shafe kwanaki hudu a Dutsen Vernon suna kimanta sabuwar gwamnati ta mika mulki.
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1789 Apr 30 - 1797 Mar 4

Shugabancin George Washington

Federal Hall, Wall Street, New
An kaddamar da Washington a ranar 30 ga Afrilu, 1789, yana yin rantsuwar ofis a Fadar Tarayya da ke birnin New York.Ko da yake yana so ya yi aiki ba tare da albashi ba, Majalisa ta dage da gaske cewa ya yarda da shi, daga baya ya ba wa Washington dala 25,000 a kowace shekara don karya farashin shugabancin.Washington ta rubuta wa James Madison cewa: "Kamar yadda na farko na komai a halin da muke ciki zai kasance don kafa misali, ina fata a nawa bangaren cewa waɗannan abubuwan da suka gabata su kasance a kan ƙa'idodi na gaskiya."Don haka, ya fifita lakabin “Mr. Shugaban kasa” fiye da manyan sunaye da Majalisar Dattawa ta gabatar da su, wadanda suka hada da “Mai Girma” da “Mai Girma Shugaban Kasa”.Abubuwan da ya gabatar sun hada da jawabin bude taro, da sakonni ga Majalisa, da kuma tsarin majalisar ministocin bangaren zartarwa.Washington ta jagoranci kafa sabuwar gwamnatin tarayya, inda ta nada dukkan manyan jami'ai a bangaren zartarwa da na shari'a, da tsara ayyukan siyasa da dama, da kafa wurin zama babban birnin Amurka na dindindin.Ya goyi bayan manufofin tattalin arziki na Alexander Hamilton inda gwamnatin tarayya ta karbi basussukan gwamnatocin jihohi sannan ta kafa bankin farko na Amurka, Mint na Amurka, da Hukumar Kwastam ta Amurka.Majalisa ta zartar da jadawalin kuɗin fito na 1789, da jadawalin kuɗin fito na 1790, da harajin haraji akan whiskey don tallafawa gwamnati kuma, a cikin yanayin jadawalin kuɗin fito, magance rashin daidaituwar kasuwanci da Biritaniya .Washington da kanta ta jagoranci sojojin tarayya don murkushe Tawayen Whiskey, wanda ya taso a adawa da manufofin haraji na gwamnati.Ya jagoranci Yaƙin Indiyawan Arewa maso Yamma, wanda ya ga Amurka ta kafa iko a kan kabilun Amirkawa a yankin Arewa maso Yamma.A cikin harkokin waje, ya ba da tabbacin zaman lafiya a cikin gida tare da tabbatar da zaman lafiya tare da kasashen Turai duk da yakin juyin juya halin Faransa ta hanyar fitar da 1793 na Nutrition.Ya kuma kulla wasu muhimman yarjejeniyoyin kasashen biyu, 1794 Jay Treaty da Birtaniya da kuma 1795 Yarjejeniyar San Lorenzo daSpain , dukansu sun inganta kasuwanci kuma sun taimaka wajen tabbatar da ikon iyakar Amurka.Don kare jigilar Amurka daga 'yan fashin Barbary da sauran barazanar, ya sake kafa Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta Amurka tare da Dokar Naval na 1794.Da yake nuna matukar damuwa game da karuwar bangaranci a cikin gwamnati da kuma mummunan tasirin da jam'iyyun siyasa za su iya yi kan rashin hadin kan al'ummar kasar, Washington ta yi gwagwarmaya a tsawon shekaru takwas da ya yi a matsayin shugaban kasa don hada bangarorin da ke gaba da juna.Shi ne, kuma ya kasance, shugaban Amurka tilo da bai taɓa samun alaƙa da wata jam'iyyar siyasa ba.Duk da kokarinsa, muhawara kan manufofin tattalin arziki na Hamilton, juyin juya halin Faransa, da yarjejeniyar Jay sun kara rarrabuwar kawuna.Wadanda suka goyi bayan Hamilton sun kafa Jam’iyyar Tarayya, yayin da abokan hamayyarsa suka hada kai da Sakataren Gwamnati Thomas Jefferson suka kafa Jam’iyyar Democratic-Republican Party.
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1791 Feb 25

First Bank na Amurka

Philadelphia, PA, USA
Wa'adin farko na Washington ya fi mayar da hankali ne ga matsalolin tattalin arziki, wanda Hamilton ya tsara tsare-tsare daban-daban don magance al'amura.Samar da bashin jama'a ya zama kalubale na farko ga gwamnatin tarayya.Hamilton ya ba da rahoto ga Majalisar da aka kashe, kuma shi, Madison, da Jefferson sun kai ga Ƙarfafawar 1790 inda Jefferson ya amince da shawarwarin bashi na Hamilton don musanya shi don matsawa babban birnin kasar na dan lokaci zuwa Philadelphia sannan kuma a kudu kusa da Georgetown a kan Kogin Potomac.An tsara sharuddan a cikin Dokar Tallafawa ta 1790 da Dokar Mazauna, waɗanda Washington ta sanya hannu kan doka.Majalisa ta ba da izinin zato da biyan basussukan ƙasar, tare da samar da kudade ta hanyar harajin kwastam da haraji.Hamilton ya haifar da cece-kuce a tsakanin mambobin majalisar zartarwa ta hanyar ba da shawarar kafa bankin Farko na Amurka.Madison da Jefferson sun ƙi, amma bankin ya wuce Majalisa cikin sauƙi.Jefferson da Randolph sun nace cewa sabon bankin ya wuce ikon da tsarin mulki ya ba shi, kamar yadda Hamilton ya yi imani.Washington ta goyi bayan Hamilton kuma ta rattaba hannu kan dokar a ranar 25 ga Fabrairu, kuma baraka ya fito fili tsakanin Hamilton da Jefferson.Rikicin kuɗi na farko na ƙasar ya faru ne a cikin Maris na 1792. Hamilton's Federalists sun yi amfani da manyan lamuni don samun ikon mallakar asusun bashi na Amurka, wanda ya haifar da gudu a bankin ƙasa;kasuwannin sun dawo daidai a tsakiyar watan Afrilu.Jefferson ya yi imanin Hamilton na cikin shirin, duk da kokarin da Hamilton ya yi na gyarawa, kuma Washington ta sake samun kansa a cikin tsaka mai wuya.
Tawayen wuski
Tawayen Wuski ©Image Attribution forthcoming. Image belongs to the respective owner(s).
1791 Mar 1 - 1794

Tawayen wuski

Pennsylvania, USA
A cikin Maris 1791, a roƙon Hamilton, tare da goyon baya daga Madison, Majalisa ta sanya harajin haraji a kan ruhohin ruhohi don taimakawa wajen rage bashin kasa, wanda ya fara aiki a watan Yuli.Manoman hatsi sun yi kakkausar suka a yankunan da ke kan iyakar Pennsylvania;sun yi iƙirarin cewa ba su da wakilci kuma suna ɗaukar nauyin bashin da yawa, suna kwatanta halin da suke ciki da yawan harajin Birtaniya kafin yakin juyin juya hali .A ranar 2 ga watan Agusta, Washington ta tara majalisar ministocinsa domin tattauna yadda za a shawo kan lamarin.Ba kamar Washington ba, wanda ke da ra'ayi game da amfani da karfi, Hamilton ya dade yana jiran irin wannan yanayin kuma yana da sha'awar murkushe tawaye ta hanyar amfani da ikon tarayya da karfi.Baya son shigar da gwamnatin tarayya idan zai yiwu, Washington ta yi kira ga jami'an jihar Pennsylvania da su dauki matakin, amma sun ki daukar matakin soji.A ranar 7 ga Agusta, Washington ta ba da sanarwarsa ta farko don kiran 'yan bindigar jihohi.Bayan ya roki zaman lafiya, ya tunatar da masu zanga-zangar cewa, ba kamar tsarin sarautar Burtaniya ba, wakilan da aka zaba a jihohi ne suka fitar da dokar tarayya.Barazana da tashin hankali ga masu karɓar haraji, duk da haka, sun ƙaru zuwa ga rashin biyayya ga ikon tarayya a 1794 kuma sun haifar da Tawayen Whiskey.Washington ta fitar da sanarwar karshe a ranar 25 ga Satumba, inda ta yi barazanar yin amfani da karfin soji ba tare da wata fa'ida ba.Sojojin tarayya ba su kai ga aikin ba, don haka Washington ta kira Dokar Militia ta 1792 don kiran mayakan jiha.Gwamnonin sun aika da sojoji, wanda Washington ta ba da umarni da farko, wanda ya ba da umarni ga Light-Horse Harry Lee don ya jagorance su cikin gundumomin 'yan tawaye.Sun kama fursunoni 150, sauran ’yan tawayen kuma suka watse ba tare da an yi wani fada ba.An yanke wa biyu daga cikin fursunonin hukuncin kisa, amma Washington ta yi amfani da ikonsa na Tsarin Mulki a karon farko kuma ta yi musu afuwa.Matakin karfi na Washington ya nuna cewa sabuwar gwamnati za ta iya kare kanta da masu karbar haraji.Wannan dai shi ne karon farko da aka fara amfani da karfin sojan gwamnatin tarayya a kan jihohi da 'yan kasa, kuma shi ne kadai lokacin da shugaba mai ci ke ba da umarni ga sojoji a fagen.Washington ta ba da hujjar matakin da ya dauka kan "wasu al'ummomin da suka kirkiro kansu", wadanda ya dauka a matsayin "kungiyoyi masu tayar da kayar baya" wadanda ke barazana ga kungiyar ta kasa.Bai yi jayayya da 'yancinsu na yin zanga-zanga ba, amma ya dage cewa rashin amincewarsu ba zai saba wa dokar tarayya ba.Majalisar ta amince kuma ta mika masa sakon taya murna;Madison da Jefferson ne kawai suka nuna halin ko in kula.
Jawabin bankwana na George Washington
1796 Hoton George Washington na Gilbert Stuart ©Image Attribution forthcoming. Image belongs to the respective owner(s).
1796 Sep 19

Jawabin bankwana na George Washington

United States
A cikin 1796, Washington ta ƙi tsayawa takara a karo na uku na ofishin, yana gaskanta mutuwarsa a ofishin zai haifar da hoton alƙawari na rayuwa.Yin ritayarsa ya kafa misali don iyakance wa'adi biyu akan shugabancin Amurka.A cikin Mayu 1792, a cikin tsammanin ritayarsa, Washington ta umurci James Madison da ya shirya "adireshi mai mahimmanci", wani daftarin farko wanda ke da taken "Adireshin Farewell".A cikin Mayu 1796, Washington ta aika da rubutun ga Sakataren Baitulmalinsa Alexander Hamilton wanda ya sake rubutawa mai yawa, yayin da Washington ta ba da gyare-gyare na ƙarshe.A ranar 19 ga Satumba, 1796, Mai Tallace-tallacen Daily Daily ta Amurka David Claypoole ya buga sigar ƙarshe na adireshin.Washington ta jaddada cewa asalin kasa shi ne mafi muhimmanci, yayin da hadin kan Amurka zai kare 'yanci da wadata.Ya gargadi al’ummar kasar nan da fitattun hatsarori guda uku, wato yankin yanki, bangaranci, da kuma hada-hadar kasashen waje, ya kuma ce, “Sunan AMERICAN, da ke na ku, a matsayinku na kasa, dole ne a ko da yaushe daukaka girman kishin kasa mai adalci, fiye da duk wani kirari da aka samu daga gare shi. nuna wariya a cikin gida."Washington ta yi kira ga maza da su wuce gona da iri domin cimma moriyar juna, tana mai jaddada cewa dole ne Amurka ta mai da hankali kan moriyarta.Ya kuma yi kashedi game da kawancen kasashen waje da tasirinsu a harkokin cikin gida, da kyamar bangaranci da illolin jam’iyyun siyasa.Ya ba da shawarar abokantaka da kasuwanci tare da dukan al'ummai, amma ya ba da shawarar a guji shiga cikin yaƙe-yaƙe na Turai.Ya jaddada mahimmancin addini, yana mai cewa "addini da kyawawan dabi'u sune goyon baya da ba makawa" a cikin jamhuriya.Adireshin Washington ya fifita akidar tarayya da manufofin tattalin arziki na Hamilton.Bayan bugu na farko, yawancin 'yan Republican, ciki har da Madison, sun soki Adireshin kuma sun yi imanin cewa takardar yakin neman zabe ce ta Faransa.Madison ya yi imanin cewa Washington ta kasance mai goyon bayan Burtaniya sosai.Madison kuma ya yi zargin wanda ya rubuta Adireshin.
1797 - 1799
Shekarun Karshe da Gadoornament
Ritaya
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1797 Mar 1

Ritaya

George Washington's Mount Vern
Washington ya yi ritaya zuwa Dutsen Vernon a cikin Maris 1797 kuma ya ba da lokaci ga gonakinsa da sauran abubuwan kasuwanci, gami da kayan aikin sa.Ayyukan noman sa ba su da fa'ida kaɗan kawai, kuma filayensa a yamma (Piedmont) suna ƙarƙashin hare-haren Indiya kuma ba su sami kuɗi kaɗan ba, tare da squatters a can sun ƙi biyan haya.Ya yi ƙoƙarin sayar da waɗannan amma bai yi nasara ba.Ya zama ma fi kishin Tarayya.Ya goyi bayan Ayyukan Alien da Sedition kuma ya amince da John Marshall na tarayya don gudu don Majalisa don raunana karfin Jeffersonian a Virginia.Washington ta yi rashin kwanciyar hankali a cikin ritaya, sakamakon tashin hankali da Faransa , kuma ya rubuta wa Sakataren Yaƙi James McHenry yana ba da damar tsara sojojin Shugaba Adams.A ci gaba da yakin juyin juya halin Faransa, masu zaman kansu na Faransa sun fara kwace jiragen ruwa na Amurka a cikin 1798, kuma dangantaka ta tabarbarewa da Faransa kuma ta kai ga "Quasi-War".Ba tare da tuntubar Washington ba, Adams ya zabe shi a matsayin babban kwamishina a ranar 4 ga Yuli, 1798, da kuma matsayin babban kwamandan sojoji.Washington ya zaɓi ya karɓa, kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin babban kwamandan daga Yuli 13, 1798, har zuwa mutuwarsa bayan watanni 17.Ya shiga cikin shirye-shiryen rundunar soja na wucin gadi, amma ya kaucewa shiga cikin cikakkun bayanai.A cikin ba da shawara ga McHenry na hafsan hafsoshi na soja, ya bayyana yana yin cikakkiyar hutu tare da 'yan jam'iyyar Democrat-Jamhuriyar Jefferson: "Da sannu za ku iya goge fararen fata, don canza ƙa'idodin ɗan Democrat; kuma ba zai bar komai ba tare da ƙoƙari ba. don kifar da gwamnatin kasar nan."Washington ta ba da jagorancin jagorancin soja ga Hamilton, babban janar.Babu wani sojan da ya mamaye Amurka a cikin wannan lokacin, kuma Washington ba ta dauki kwamandan filin ba.An san Washington a matsayin mai arziki saboda sanannen "ɗaukakin facade na dukiya da girma" a Dutsen Vernon, amma kusan duk dukiyarsa ta kasance a cikin nau'i na ƙasa da bayi maimakon tsabar kudi.Don ƙara samun kuɗin shiga, ya gina wani injin sarrafa giya don samar da wiski mai yawa.Masana tarihi sun kiyasta cewa dukiyar ta kai kimanin dala miliyan 1 a cikin dala 1799, kwatankwacin dala 15,967,000 a shekarar 2021. Ya sayi fakitin filaye don bunkasa ci gaba a kusa da sabon birnin tarayya mai suna don girmama shi, kuma ya sayar da kuri'a na daidaikun mutane ga masu saka hannun jari mai tsaka-tsaki maimakon yawa. da yawa ga manyan masu saka hannun jari, suna ganin za su fi yin sadaukarwa don ingantawa.
Mutuwa
Washington a kan mutuwarsa ©Junius Brutus Stearns (1799)
1799 Dec 14

Mutuwa

George Washington's Mount Vern
Ranar 12 ga Disamba, 1799, Washington ta duba gonakinsa a kan doki.Ya dawo gida a makare ya shirya baqi suka je dinner.Ya ji ciwon makogwaro washegari amma ya isa ya yi alamar bishiyu don yankewa.A wannan maraice, Washington ta koka da cunkoson kirji amma har yanzu tana cikin fara'a.A ranar Asabar, duk da haka, ya farka ga wani kumburin makogwaro da wahalar numfashi kuma ya umarci mai kula da gidaje George Rawlins da ya cire kusan fam guda na jininsa;zubar da jini abu ne da aka saba yi a lokacin.Iyalinsa suka gayyaci Dr.James Craik, Gustavus Richard Brown, da Elisha C. Dick.Dokta William Thornton ya isa 'yan sa'o'i bayan Washington ta mutu.Dokta Brown da farko ya yi imani cewa Washington na da damuwa;Dokta Dick ya yi tunanin yanayin ya kasance mafi muni "kumburi mai tsanani na makogwaro".Sun ci gaba da aikin zubar da jini zuwa kusan fam biyar, amma yanayin Washington ya kara tabarbarewa.Dokta Dick ya ba da shawarar a yi amfani da tracheotomy, amma sauran likitocin ba su saba da wannan hanya ba don haka ba su yarda ba.Washington ta umurci Brown da Dick su bar dakin, yayin da ya tabbatar wa Craik, "Likita, na mutu da wuya, amma ba na jin tsoron tafiya."Mutuwar Washington ta zo da sauri fiye da yadda ake tsammani.A kan gadon mutuwarsa, saboda tsoron kada a binne shi da rai, ya umurci sakatarensa mai zaman kansa Tobias Lear ya jira kwanaki uku kafin a binne shi.A cewar Lear, Washington ta mutu tsakanin karfe 10 na dare zuwa karfe 11 na yamma ranar 14 ga Disamba, 1799, tare da Martha zaune a gindin gadonsa.Kalmominsa na ƙarshe sune "'Tis well", daga tattaunawarsa da Lear game da binne shi.Ya kasance 67.Nan take Majalisa ta dage zamanta na ranar bayan labarin mutuwar Washington, kuma kujerar Shugaban Majalisar ta lullube da baki a washegari.An yi jana'izar kwanaki hudu bayan mutuwarsa a ranar 18 ga Disamba, 1799, a Dutsen Vernon, inda aka shigar da gawarsa.Sojojin dawakai da na ƙafa ne suka jagoranci jerin gwanon, kuma Kanar shida suka yi hidima a matsayin masu ɗaukar kaya.An taƙaita hidimar jana'izar Dutsen Vernon ga dangi da abokai.Rabaran Thomas Davis ya karanta hidimar jana'izar ta gidan ajiyar tare da takaitaccen jawabi, sannan kuma wani biki da mambobi daban-daban na Masonic Lodge na Washington suka yi a Alexandria, Virginia.Majalisa ta zaɓi Haske-Horse Harry Lee don gabatar da yabo.Maganar mutuwarsa ta yi tafiya a hankali;An yi karar kararrawa coci a cikin biranen, kuma wuraren kasuwanci da dama sun rufe.Jama'a a duk duniya sun yaba wa Washington kuma sun yi alhinin mutuwarsa, kuma an gudanar da jerin gwano na tunawa a manyan biranen Amurka.Martha ta saka baƙar hular makoki na shekara ɗaya, kuma ta kona wasiƙun su don ta kāre su.Haruffa biyar ne kawai tsakanin ma'auratan da aka sani sun tsira: biyu daga Martha zuwa George da uku daga gare shi zuwa gare ta.
1800 Jan 1

Epilogue

United States
Gadon Washington ya dawwama a matsayin daya daga cikin mafi tasiri a tarihin Amurka tun lokacin da ya yi aiki a matsayin babban kwamandan Sojojin Nahiyar, jarumin juyin juya hali, kuma shugaban farko na Amurka.Masana tarihi daban-daban sun tabbatar da cewa shi ma ya kasance babban abin da ya shafi kafuwar Amurka, Yakin Juyin Juya Hali, da Yarjejeniyar Tsarin Mulki.Abokin gwagwarmayar juyin juya hali Light-Doki Harry Lee ya yaba da shi a matsayin "Na farko a yaki - na farko cikin aminci - kuma na farko a cikin zukatan 'yan kasarsa".Kalmomin Lee sun zama alamar abin da kimar Washington ta burge Amurkawa, tare da wasu masu tarihin rayuwa game da shi a matsayin babban abin koyi na jamhuriya.Ya kafa tarihi da yawa ga gwamnatin kasa da kuma shugaban kasa musamman, kuma ana kiransa "Uban Kasarsa" tun a farkon 1778. A cikin 1879, Majalisa ta shelanta ranar Haihuwar Washington a matsayin hutu na tarayya.Washington ta zama alama ta duniya don 'yanci da kishin kasa a matsayin jagoran juyin juya hali na farko da ya yi nasara a kan daular mulkin mallaka.'Yan Tarayyar Tarayya sun sanya shi alamar jam'iyyarsu, amma Jeffersonians sun ci gaba da rashin amincewa da tasirinsa na shekaru da yawa kuma sun jinkirta gina Mujallar Washington.An zabi Washington a matsayin memba na Kwalejin Fasaha da Kimiyya ta Amurka a ranar 31 ga Janairu, 1781, kafin ya fara shugabancinsa.An nada shi a matsayin Janar na Sojoji na Amurka a cikin shekaru Bicent na Amurka don tabbatar da cewa ba za a taba yin fice ba;An cim ma wannan ta hanyar ƙudurin haɗin gwiwa na Majalisar Dokokin Jama'a mai lamba 94-479 da aka zartar a ranar 19 ga Janairu, 1976, tare da ƙayyadaddun ƙayyadaddun ranar 4 ga Yuli, 1976. a ranar 13 ga Maris, 1978, an ƙara wa Washington matsayi na soja zuwa matsayin Janar na Sojoji.A cikin karni na 21, an yi nazari sosai kan martabar Washington.Tare da wasu Ubannin Kafa daban-daban, an yi masa Allah wadai da rike ’yan Adam da ake bautar da su.Ko da yake ya bayyana muradin ganin an kawar da bauta ta hanyar doka, bai fara ko goyan bayan wani shiri na kawo ƙarshensa ba.Hakan ya sa wasu masu fafutuka suka yi ta kiraye-kirayen a cire sunansa daga gine-ginen jama’a da kuma mutum-mutuminsa daga wuraren da jama’a ke taruwa.Duk da haka, Washington tana da matsayinsa a cikin manyan shugabannin Amurka masu matsayi.

Characters



Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton

United States Secretary of the Treasury

Gilbert du Motier

Gilbert du Motier

Marquis de Lafayette

Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben

Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben

Prussian Military Officer

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

President of the United States

Samuel Adams

Samuel Adams

Founding Father of the United States

Lawrence Washington

Lawrence Washington

George Washington's Half-Brother

William Lee

William Lee

Personal Assistant of George Washington

Martha Washington

Martha Washington

Wife of George Washington

John Adams

John Adams

Founding Father of the United States

Robert Dinwiddie

Robert Dinwiddie

British Colonial Administrator

Charles Cornwallis

Charles Cornwallis

1st Marquess Cornwallis

Mary Ball Washington

Mary Ball Washington

George Washington's Mother

George Washington

George Washington

First President of the United States

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