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Comment author: buybuydandavis 26 October 2011 11:53:54AM 2 points [-]

George Washington's triumph was not how well he ruled, but that he refused the crown - despite all temptation to be horrified at who else might then obtain power.

Washington resigning his commission was the defining moment of the American Revolution. Jefferson and a committee of the Continental Congress choreographed the ceremony in great detail.