Summing Up: George Washington and Economic Development We led off with his national defense/western settlement economic development paradigm. In 1783, even before the Peace Treaty
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1.0 An Opening Module 0e: Washington “the Project Manager” Implements his Western Paradigm: his Patowmack EDO
Washington “the Project Manager” Implements his Western Settlement/National Defense Paradigm Upon his return from his western tour in October, 1784, Washington made his final commitment
1.0 An Opening Module 0d: More than Just Digging a Ditch: Washington’s Technology Venture Capital and Innovation Strategy
Washington’s sophisticated western settlement and national defense strategy required that the only transportation technology available to 1780 United States was to cross the Appalachians and
1.0 An Opening Module 0b1: the Patowmack Project and 1784 Expedition
the Patowmack Project Washington had long schemed to construct a canal on the Potomac to open up his various western lands. As early as 1768
1.0 An Opening Module 0b: the “New” George Washington
the “New” George Washington George Washington seems, I suspect, “timeless” to us today. But, I believe, like Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and a horde of current
1.0 An Opening Module 0a: George Washington’s Patowmack (Potomac) Canal: the American Early Republic’s First Economic Development Strategy and the Midwife of the American Constitution
As the Twig is Bent; So Grows the Tree: A Bottoms-Up History of American State and Local Economic Development Among our Founding Fathers, George Washington
Ron W. Coan 