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Machiavelli explains in the third chapter of The Prince about mixed principalities. Mixed principalities are when a prince uses ideas brought down from his family or him prior to being in charge and mixing it with new ideas brought in from himself or his people working under him. George Washington, America's first president definitely used mixed principalities. Being one of the founding fathers of the United States, he led the newly independent nation in a new form of government. Therefore using hi own ways in governing the nation and the past ways to nation was governed. Before he was president, during the American Revolution and when the Second Continental Congress was put into power, George Washington was Commander in Chief of the American Continental Army and learned quickly that the best strategy to victory in the war was to harass the British. By using his own strategy he put America forward in gainging their independence. He reported to congress, "we should on all occasions avoid a general action, or put anything to the Risque, unless compelled by a necessity, into which we ought never to be drawn." (Source A) Washington was seen to have, "prestige, the military experience, the charisma and military bearing, the reputation of being a strong patriot," (Source B) when it came to war time with the British. Overall, Washington used his own ideas when running the army and country along with what was good for the country at the time. Washington helped shape the way the United States would run for the rest of its years with mixed principalities; presidents and vice-presidents after Washington would use his ideas and their new ideas to run the nation, thus setting up the pathway for the future in running America.

For instance, Ale Gore, the 45th vice-president and vice under president Bill Clinton, also used mixed principalities during his vice presidency. In 2000, Gore was a democratic nominee against George W. Bush and lost the election to a Supreme Court decision. Gore is known for being a environmental activist, popularly towards global warming. He now shares the Nobel Peace Prize with Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Anonymous reported, "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change." (Source C) Though he lost the election to Bush, the most controversial election ever, he still stands by the requirements of the nation. Gore knew that thoguh he was not president he could still make the changes that needed to be done to the world even as vice president. In 2006, Gore made a documentary about the statistics of global warming called, A//n Inconvenient Truth.// The movie made headlines and $49 million in the box offic worldwide. Though the documentary was criticized by scientists as being overly exaggerated, Gore stood by his documentary and the message it sent out about being aware of our world and how global warming is affecting it. He steped out of the political boundries by not only doing the national duties of vice president, but also doing duties he thought was apart of America knowing and changing; just as George Washington did in 1789, when he was first elected president.

"You look at that river gently flowing by. You notice the leaves rustling with the wind. You hear the birds; you hear the tree frogs. In the distance you hear a cow. You feel the grass. The mud gives a little bit on the river bank. It’s quiet; it’s peaceful. And all of a sudden, it’s a gear shift inside you. And it’s like taking a deep breath and going, 'Oh yeah, I forgot about this'." -Al Gore in the beginning monologue of //An Inconvenient Truth// (Source D)

Mixed principalities run in almost every club, group, or nations government. Anything with someone who has a higher status or power over others is a principality and having power over others in a principality means choices that need to be decided by either the rulers moral thoughts or hereditary thoughts, which mixed principalities come into play. George Washington and Al Gore brought issues into politics no one else would ever step out and take a stand for, mixed principalities, by not only doing their national duties, they also took a stand for what they thought was morally right. Washington essentially helped America defeat Britain and gain America its independence in the past and Al Gore helped America realize the infliction of what they do on a daily basis creates global warming and that our world is the only world we have and we have to help preserve it while we can. Both used hereditary principalities during their presidencies, allowing our country of America to continue to grow and develop with knowledge.

Bibliography:
Source A: "George Washington." __The White House, President W. Bush.__ 12/6/07  Source B: Wikipedia Online. "George Washington." __Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.__ 2007. 12/6/07  Source C: Wikipedia Online. "Al Gore." __Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.__ 2007. 12/6/07 <[|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Gore]> Source D: Wikipedia Online. "An Inconvenient Truth." __Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.__ 2007. 12/6/07 

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