George Washington
George Washington was an American political leader, military general, statesman, and Founding Father. He served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Previously, he led Patriot forces to victory in the nation’s War for Independence. He owned slaves, and, in order to preserve national unity, he supported measures passed by Congress to protect slavery. Washington died of pneumonia in 1797 at age 83.
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George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was an American political leader, military general, statesman, and Founding Father. He served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Previously, he led Patriot forces to victory in the nation’s War for Independence. He presided at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, which established the U.S. Constitutionand a federal government. Washington owned slaves, and, in order to preserve national unity, he supported measures passed by Congress to protect slavery. He later became troubled with the institution of slavery and freed his slaves in a 1799 will. He was a member of the Anglican Church and the Freemasons, and he urged broad religious freedom in his roles as general and president. He has been memorialized by monuments, art, geographical locations, stamps, and currency, and many scholars and polls rank him among the greatest U. S. presidents. Washington’s great-grandfather John Washington immigrated in 1656 from Sulgrave, England, to the English colony of Virginia where he accumulated 5,000 acres of land, including Little Hunting Creek on the Potomac River. Washington was the first of six children of Augustine and Mary Ball Washington. His father was a justice of the peace and a prominent public figure who had three additional children from his first marriage to Jane Butler. The Washington family was a wealthy Virginia family which had made its fortune in land speculation. Washington inherited Mount Vernon from his older half-brother Lawrence in 1761 after Lawrence’s death.
In 1751, Washington made his only trip abroad, hoping the climate would cure his brother’s tuberculosis. He contracted smallpox during that trip, which immunized him but left his face slightly scarred. Washington died in 1799 at the age of 83. He is buried in Mount Vernon. He had a son, George Washington, Jr., who served as Virginia’s Lieutenant Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Dinwiddie County, Virginia, from 1761 to 1783. He also served as adjutant general of Virginia’s militia as one of the major commanders of the Virginia militia. Washington had a daughter, Martha Washington, who became the first lady of Virginia in 1789. He died of pneumonia in 1797 at age 83. Washington has been called the \”Father of His Country\” for his manifold leadership in the formative days of the new nation. Washington played a key role in adopting and ratifying the Constitution and was then twice elected president by the Electoral College. He implemented a strong, well-financed national government while remaining impartial in a fierce rivalry between cabinet members Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. He endeavored to assimilate Native Americans into Anglo-American culture, but combated indigenous resistance during instances of violent conflict. By 1752, he had bought almost 1,500 acres in the Valley and owned 2,315 acres. He resigned from the job in 1750, resigning from Culpeper County in 1752.
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