Commander-in-Chief of the United Colonies and States of America from June 15, 1775 to December 23, 1783. First President of the United States under the US Constitution of 1787: April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797
George Washington Washington, enveloped in a western Indian war against British allies, decided to send Chief Justice John Jay , the most effective Treaty of Paris negotiator, to great Britain in hope of securing peace. The initial terms of the new treaty was designed primarily by Alexander Hamilton as Secretary of the Treasury with guidance from Washington and fine tuning by John Jay. The treaty was designed to achieve the withdrawal of British Army units from pre-Revolutionary forts that the English f
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