Last time I entered Mexico from Texas I crossed at Nueve Laredo and was excited at the prospect to visit Real de Catorce, which did not disappoint. However it's over six hours from the border and I visited a decade back. â hippietrail Aug 16 '13 at 9:39.
Yet at the three major junctions in the founding of the nation, the Revolution, the Constitutional Convention and the selection of the first President, for each position the leader chosen was George Washington. In his own day he was seen as the indispensable man, the American Moses, The Father of the Country.
George Washington was born in Virginia which became part of the US but was a British subject when he was born because Virginia was British soil at his birth, as were all the f â¦ irst 7 presidents.he first President to be born after the US Constitution was  ratified (i.e. the United States existed as a nation) was John  Tyler. (11th President). The first president bo â¦ rn after  independence from Britain was declared was Martin Van Buren (8th  President).