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George Washington's Monologue Of Dr Craik

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“Doctor Craik is here.” Said me royally to my lord, George Washington，who seems aged with the silver curly hair, and the wrinkle on the aged face, which looked peak and pine. He has been sick for a long time, and it began to get worse and worse, he looked away feebler in these days than before. I was his old servant, Christopher; I followed him with half of my life, we had a strong relationship, whether was about his personality, or about the state affaires, I nearly knew everything about him. The snow white bed was sunken by holding some weights, he laid on the bed with the massive quilt covered on him, his sunken head sank in his pillow. His wife and child was keep watching him near his bed, they held his both hands that were exposed in …show more content…

This war that decided the future of America had continued for eight years, it began with a shot in the Lexington, the Britain wanted to attach Concord; this was when the American Revolution broke out. At that time, as the America had developed, the Britain begun to bully and oppress the American with some tax. As the time passed by, we can’t endure this anymore; we wanted revolt. Before that, George Washington was already a father of two children; he had an enormous plantation, and went had attended the seven years’ war, then he became the senator of the Virginia. So even he is not the hero of America, he was already a successful person for his country, that is one important reason that why I am so admire him, and followed him until now. (George Washington, …show more content…

“To think about the people who died in the Boston massacre; the unfair law and tax they have imposed on us. Everyone should be equal to each other, and we shouldn’t be treated like this.” He looked everyone in the eyes, and said with the tone that sometimes furious and sometimes silence with his powerful sound, which infected everyone. “I agree with him,” said Thomas Jefferson who was the new senator of the Virginia. “But first, we have to make a compromise, and we have to select a president for this congress.” He said confidently and with some movements with hands to make the people focus on him. As the end of this time of the congress, we elected John Hancock to be the president of the congress. (History.com Staff, 2010) As the time pass, the conference had been more and more organized, it became such a government at that time; the organization of America was

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