Washington's Leadership

          A good leader is motivational, experienced, a hard pusher, and brave. George Washington was the captain and leader of the American army during the Revolutionary War. I believe that he was a good leader during the events of the war.

          During the Battle of Trenton, there were many moments where Washington was acting like a good leader. He helped to motivate the men when he rode in between both lines and ordered the men to fire. This was a good example of leadership because not only did he bring reinforcements for his men, but he achieved lots of motovation and drove the men forward.

          There was also moments when Washington did not show good leadership. Over the winter, the officers and generals were being fed well, whereas the other soldiers were not. Macaroni Jack was caught for some minor offense, and his punishment was a few lashes from a whip. Before his lashes, he said "brothers, won't you help me?" Washington wanted to prevent any form of mutiny immediately and decided to execute men as punishment. This is not good leadership because instead of disciplining his men, or feeding them, he executed the offenders and cracked down with harsh discipline on the men. They were forced to obey him rather than obey him willingly.

          Overall, after reviewing the first half of the war, I believe that George Washington was a good leader. I believe this because although he was very harsh over the though winter, he was very motivational to the men and used lots of skillful tactics to achieve victories with each coming battle.