John Hanson was the real first president

In 1777 the Articles of Confederation and perpetual Union, written by John Dickinson, was sent to the 13 states for ratification. In 1781, the thirteenth and final state ratified these articles thus it was only then it became official and put in place. This changed the continental congress to the congress of the confederation, which existed from 1781 to 1789. This new congress was unicameral, which meant it only had one house. The congress had a chief executive, essentially a "president." This was chosen by the legislature. Each state legislature could send 2 to 7 representatives to attend congress, but where allowed only one vote per state legislature, regardless of the number of representatives sent. The first person elected by legislature to be the chief was John Hanson. John Hanson was the first President of the Congress under Articles of Confederation. George Washington was the first President of the United Stares under the United States Constitution. John Hanson didn't not have have much power, despite there being only one house to the congress. There were two secretaries and one superintendent that handled most of administration. Secretaries of war & foreign affairs, and superintendent of finance. The Articles and Confederation were weak, and led to many problems. The country was always broke and in debt, and it didn't help each state was printing its own currency. During its eight year stand, and eight different chiefs of office, the confederate congress made little progress and ultimately fell apart. Although it was a base, it was a weak one at that. In 1787, a convention of delegates agreed to meet and vote a president of their convention, George Washington was voted unanimously by twelve representatives (as Rhode Island refused to attend). They then agreed upon why they were meeting. Where they meeting to decide to let the weak confederate congress die out and then begin a new? No. They agreed a national government needed to be established with three branches: Executive, Judiciary, and Legislative. Many settlements had to be made between delegates over the topics of Slavery, Representation, and Trade. The Great Compromise and the Three-Fifths compromise settle two of the three subjects, there was no compromise for trade. Once these topics were partially adressed, the framers, or founding fathers, (members of the convention) began the writing of the Constitution of the United States of America. These completely revised version of the articles is still the version we base our country upon to this day. In that constitution, they established the three branches of government and decided the Executive would hold the president and his three cabinets. The president and congress would be be elected by the people through the Electoral College, as Popular Sovereignty was stressed greatly by our founding fathers. Once the final draft was approved by the Convention, it was sent to the Confederate Congress. After it passed through the confederation it was sent to each individual state. In 1787, Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution. By 1789, all thirteen states had ratified the Constitution, and it was now the official basis of government for the U.S. This new three branches government replaced the weak congress before it. The first elections for the new congress was set for March 1789. February of 1789 George Washington was elected Chief Executive of the three branches of Government, AKA: The first President of the United States under the U.S. Constitution. Without the convention and the founding fathers, the confederate congress would have dissolved and dissipated. The new constitution and government was established and is still intact to this day.