His Excellency
His Excellency may refer to:
His Excellency (1958 film)
His Excellency is a 1958 Australian television film. It was one of the earliest films made for Australian television.
It was based on a play and had been previously adapted into a 1952 film, His Excellency.
Plot
An ex-docker is appointed governor of a British island colony.
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His Excellency: George Washington
His Excellency: George Washington is a 2004 biography of the first President of the United States, General George Washington. It was written by Joseph Ellis, a professor of History at Mount Holyoke College, who specializes in the founding fathers and the revolutionary and federalist periods.
Content
Events and themes
In the text, Ellis focuses on three main areas of Washington's life:
According to Ellis, Washington was always searching for a means to control his inner passions and his destiny. He fumed under the control that the British held over him during the Colonial America period. In particular, he was frustrated by the lack of respect offered for his military achievements to granting land claim rights in the west. As a general, he bemoaned the lack of control the fledgling Continental Congress had over the colonies which composed it. (Later as President, he supported legislation to ensure control by the federal government over the states).
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