1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 300 600 The American Revolution ended in 1781.&amp;nbsp; The Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783.&amp;nbsp; George Washington was elected our country’s first president in 1788 and sworn in 1789.&amp;nbsp; Besides the Constitutional Convention 1787, there has not been significant&amp;nbsp; scholarly study into what George Washington was doing in the intervening years between the end of the Revolutionary War and his election as President.&amp;nbsp; Our guest today wrote a book on those years called, “The Return of George Washington: Uniting the States, 1783-1789” and will chat with our student panel on Washington’s role in laying the groundwork for the new country during those years.&amp;nbsp; Dr. Ed Larson is a Pulitzer Prize winning author and serves as a senior fellow of the University of Georgia's Institute of Higher Education and is currently University Professor of History at Pepperdine University. Constitutional Chats Presented By Constituting America https://www.constitutingamerica.org <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/35386735/height/300/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="300" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/35386735