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Why didn't George Washington secure the Mexican border when he was POTUS?
Why has every US President passed on this glaring threat to our national security?
12 Answers
- Anonymous7 years agoFavorite Answer
He might has had a Congress that said, Not this year. Should have made English the official language also.. Then we wouldn't have to press 1 for English.
- poornakumar bLv 77 years ago
As POTUS he saw the border on the Appalachian mountains that is far away from Mexico with a huge tract of (French) Louisiana territory intervening. He couldn't secure even Florida from the Spanish.
Just imagine ! How much can one expect from even a great man in his life time?
- Anonymous7 years ago
Because when George Washington was president, the USA didn't even have a border with Mexico. It had a border with Spanish Louisiana and with Spanish Florida - and if that border had been "secured" the USA would have never moved west of the Mississippi, nor would it have reached the Gulf of Mexico.
- Anonymous7 years ago
Blame Jefferson. He bought Luisiana/Louisiane.
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- Anonymous7 years ago
There was no mexican border back then. We only had the 13 eastern states. Also mexico didn't even exist, it was a colony of spain.
- jimmyLv 77 years ago
yeah!..damn that George Washington!..he must have WANTED all those illegals sneaking in from Mexico!
- ?Lv 47 years ago
Drunk as you are this question must sound pretty stupid to everyone else too.Honestly how difficult is it to formulate an adequate question instead of this juvenile nonsense?