He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation. Why does Jefferson use the word barbarous alongside the word civilized?

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

Jefferson used the word barbarous alongside the word civilized because Thomas Jefferson wanted to make a dramatic comparison of the decisions and behavior of King George of England and how he was a heartless tyrant that was obsessed with absolute power and control and made barbaric decisions (extreme and unconscious terrible decisions that affected the colonies) as if he still lived in the dark ages of the Medival times. That is why Thomas Jefferson immediately used the word civilized, to make a great impact with the two extreme meanings of each word.

in november 1781, john hanson became the first president of the united states in congress assembled, under the articles of confederation. many people have argued that john hanson, and not george washington, was the first president of the united states, but this is not quite true.

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nothing certain is known about what happened, but it seems that the country declined gradually, perhaps due to bad government, or, more likely, due to a series of bad harvests, which resulted in widespread and recurrent famine.