The American War of Independence and George Washington #003

The collectivist tendencies of the movement scared the bourgeoisie to death. The uprising was suppressed by the armed forces led by the leader of the reactionary Federalist party, Hamilton. At this stage of the revolution, Washington was already with those who suppressed the uprising. The reaction used the uprising to attack the democratic freedoms won by the masses. The bourgeoisie mobilized its forces to organize solid state power.


It was in this context that the American constitution was created. Behind closed doors, without protocols or reports, and without any participation of the masses, the Continental Congress of 1787, chaired by Washington, drafted a constitution that guaranteed the bourgeoisie the complete isolation of the masses from participation in government. The Constitution did not provide the people with even basic democratic gains: freedom of speech, press, unions, etc. It was only as a result of the struggle led by the Democratic Party, led by Jefferson, who returned from France, that the constitution was supplemented by a "bill of rights" that guaranteed the aforementioned freedoms.


The last chapter of the essay examines in detail the activities of Washington as the first president of the United States. Washington, who was a supporter of the reactionary Federalist party, tried for some time to use his authority to reconcile the warring camps by including the leaders of both sides, Hamilton and Jefferson, in the government. Under the influence of the French bourgeois revolution, the split in public opinion in the United States became more and more profound. While the democratic camp, led by Jefferson, stood for helping revolutionary France, its ally in the war of liberation, the federalists were in favor of rapprochement with Britain, against France.


Washington declared the neutrality of the United States and concluded a humiliating trade agreement with Britain. This step was explained by the fact that the French bourgeois revolution, which Washington initially welcomed, in its further development came to a Jacobin dictatorship, power passed into the hands of the masses of the people — those masses from whom Washington had turned away in his own country. A national hero of the American people, an enemy of royal despotism and a consistent Republican, Washington remained faithful to the interests of his class to the end. This is the true historical face of Washington, the representative of the interests of the bourgeoisie, which a century and a half ago played a great revolutionary role in liberating humanity from feudal fetters. And this historically correct assessment of Washington is the merit of a peer—reviewed book.


A correct and clear assessment of the role of Washington and other figures from that period of U.S. history is of great relevance. gigaspinz