@HarryNuggets @MelGibsonafter4Beers @Xenophon @Kerosene @rlier23 @ChristiJunior @Saber @EdBoatConnoisseur People are too hard on Washington. What would you have done instead? He needed the funds after the country spent all its money on the war and you can't let a segment of the population be in open rebellion against the State and still be legitimate.

It's a tough situation to find yourself in and people seem to put way more scrutiny on figures like Washington vs other European leaders in that era.