Napoleon, and its not close. Napoleon was a generational genius, Washington was an average guy. Washington's emotional maturity and foresight are rare in men that attain high political stations, but he was not a particularly extraordinary mind, and many ordinary folk would have been able to do what he did

Napoleon has more aura but George was more successful in the long run.

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>>18326488
I have been going on bike trips to the EU since I was 18 (35 now).

I bike all around the euro country side. Whenever there is an interesting improvement unique to the specific improvement to the terrain/climate/geography/political/cultural norm, and I ask who was behind it - the answer is always Napoleon.

As for George, relatively unimportant. The revolution was won by Franklin bringing the French on side and Salomon getting our jewfrens to pay for it (who we then ripped off and didn't pay back).

>>18326488
George was the better elder statesman, considering that he knew how to quit and stay quit, but he got easy modo, because Nappy was mucking up everybody in Europe who could've made trouble for the United States at that point.

In the long run, the French model and the Code Civil won out over the US constitutional model too, so ultimately, Napoleon clearly was the more influential and important ruler.

Washington’s “creation” was a collective effort that’s been significantly improved over the centuries , while Napoleon built an empire from the ground up and conquered Europe in less than 20 years.

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>>18327107
>Washington was an average guy.
>and many ordinary folk would have been able to do what he did
The absolute state of thirdie delusion imbedded in this series of words is mind boggling
>>18326488
>who was the better statesman, a guy who died under the guard of the redcoats on some island in the middle of nowhere or the guy who started the wealthiest and most powerful nation state in human history?
Huh
I don't know buddy, that's a thinker

>>18327308
>amerimongrel thinks successes is muh money

>>18327308
>greatest general in history, most important law-giver and administrative reformer of the 19th century
VS
>not even the best general in the Revolutionary War, hardly an important lawgiver or reformer, mostly a political figurehead for the other Founding Fathers
Is it even a question?

I will say that Washington's unimpeachable personal character and good judgement is his real legacy. It's not too far-fetched to say that the American Republic would have shaken itself apart like Gran Colombia did

>>18327107
>Washington wasn't special
>here's how he was special

Which one ended up dying in exile on an isolated island again.