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George Washington was the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
Baron von Steuben He was the person that helped Washington train his army. However he was a Prussian not a German.
George Washington did. He was the general of the Continental Army
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They were nicknamed The Bonus Army
So they would understand for which they were fighting
No. Washington was in the field with the Continental Army fighting the Britus.
Prior to its work on the Declaration of Independence, the Second Continental Congress included Washington as a congressman from Virginia. But he resigned his position as a delegate when Congress formed the Continental Army and appointed him commanding general on June 14, 1775. So he was unavailable to participate, or to sign the Declaration.
Why did Washington desperately want a Declaration?
July 9, 1776 -- Washington orders that the Declaration of Independence be read before the American army in New York -- from his personal copy of the "Dunlap Broadside."
The Declaration is before the colonial army ( it is not the "constitutional army". No declaration no need for a army.
George Washington, the caption of the army of U.S too. He fought in the Revolutionary War and signed the Declaration of Independence.
George Washington , as President of the Constitutional Convention, signed on September 17, 1787. As he was commanding the Continental Army, he did NOT sign the US Declaration Of Independence.
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No -- he did not sign it and wasn't even there when it was signed. He was leading the army to fight the British :) I hope that answers your question :)
The Declaration of Independence was sent to Washington.
The first Continental Congress created the Continental army and also wrote the Declaration of Independence. The Continental Congress is also responsible for making George Washington the General of the Army.