How did George Washington as a president increase the federal government power

He suppressed a riot of Shays rebellion of the rioting farmers, this Ultimately led to the federal government have a continental army, qnd from there more and more things increased the power of the government

the monroe doctrine is the best known u.s. policy toward the western hemisphere. buried in a routine annual message delivered to congress by president james monroe in december 1823, the doctrine warns european nations that the united states would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs.