He didn't care if you were a nobleman. It cared what you could do. Now, our society at the time reinforced the habits Washington learned in the wilderness. Frontier life rewarded resourcefulness. While America's colonial assemblies taught citizens to govern their own affairs, it taught citizens to be self governing human beings. (08:10–08:14)
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Asserts that living on the frontier encouraged and rewarded resourcefulness.
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