Seems like you ' re the one who can ' t stand people disagreeing with you lol <| sep |> As a politician , he was instrumental in creating the American state we know today aside from the party system he would despise , amongst other things . As a military leader he was pretty shit . Under the British he was little more than a regiment leader , and relatively ineffective . I think he led a relief effort in the seven years war which was important , but other than that he ' s barely a footnote . He lost more battles in the revolution than he won , and the amazing choices he ' s known for crossing the delaware , training his militia etc . are pretty obvious choices when you think about it . Militarily , he was nothing special .