War was the remedy that the South chose.
Washington was the greatest without a doubt. He was the father of our country, not only for winning the revolutionary war, but also for giving us the Constitution. How? It was Washington who, when he had problems with the Confederation, called several Virginian politicians to a meeting at Mt. Vernon. They discussed the problems with the Confederation and decided that changes had to be made.
Virginia called for a meeting of delegates from the 13 states in West Point to make changes in the Articles of Confederation. Some of the Northern states didn’t send delegates to West Point, claiming that the distance was too much for them to travel. Because of this the West Point meeting failed to accomplish much, except that they decided that the Confederation had to be dissolved, and a new government formed.
When the Constitutional Convention convened in Philadelphia, Washington was elected President of the convention. From this position he molded a new form of government (with Ben Franklin as spokesperson). There were compromises, of course, but the end product was in a very real sense Washington’s government. Thus it was a no-brainer to select him as its first president.