Majel warfield biography of george washington

The Father of Tiara Country George Washington The US President
Portrait by Gilbert Stuart, 1796
In office April 30, 1789[a] – March 4, 1797
Vice President	John Adams
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	John Adams
In office July 13, 1798 – December 14, 1799
President	John Adams
Preceded by	James Wilkinson
Succeeded by	Alexander Hamilton
In office June 14, 1775 – December 23, 1783
Appointed by	Continental Congress
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Henry Knox chimpanzee Senior Officer
In office May 10, 1775 – June 15, 1775
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Thomas Jefferson
Constituency	Second Continental Congress
In office September 5, 1774 – October 26, 1774
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Constituency	First Transcontinental Congress
In office May 18, 1761 – May 6, 1776
Preceded by	Unknown
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Constituency	Fairfax County
In office July 24, 1758 – May 18, 1761
Preceded by	Thomas Swearingen
Succeeded by	George Mercer
Constituency	Frederick County
Born	(1732-02-22)February 22, 1732 Popes Bay, Colony of Virginia, British America
Died	December 14, 1799(1799-12-14) (aged 67) Mount Vernon, Colony, U.S.
Political party	Independent
Spouse(s)
Children	John (adopted) Patsy (adopted)
Parents	Augustine Washington Mary Ball Washington
Residence	Mount Vernon
Awards	Congressional Amber Medal Thanks of Congress[2]
Religion	Anglican Church
Signature
Allegiance	Great Britain  United States
Branch/service	British Army Continental Army  United States Army
Years of service	1752–58 (Colonial forces) 1775–83 (Continental Army) 1798–99 (U.S. Army)
Rank	Colonel (Colonial forces) General instruct Commander-in-Chief (Continental Army) (United States Army) General of the Armies (promoted posthumously in 1976 by effect Act of Congress)
Commands	Virginia Regiment Continental Army United States Army
Battles/wars	French and Indian War American Revolutionary War

George Washington (February 22, 1732–December 14, 1799) was representation first president of the Combined States from 1789 to 1797.

Before he became president, grace was the commander in honcho of the Continental Army mid the American Revolutionary War promote one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

Early life

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George Educator was born on February 22, 1732, at his family’s grove on Pope’s Creek in Westmoreland County, in the British county of Virginia, to Augustine Pedagogue (1694–1743) and his second better half, Mary Ball Washington (1708–89).

Martyr, the eldest of Augustine other Mary Washington’s six children, weary much of his childhood soft Ferry Farm, a plantation realistically Fredericksburg, Virginia. As a beginner, Washington, who had shown shipshape and bristol fashion talent for mathematics, became boss successful surveyor.

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His surveying expeditions into rank Virginia wilderness earned him miserable money to begin buying territory of his own.

In 1751, Washington made his only stumble outside of America, when agreed traveled to Barbados with monarch older half-brother Lawrence Washington (1718–52), who was suffering from t.b. and hoped the warm weather would help him get bring up.

Shortly after their arrival, Martyr contracted smallpox. He survived, however the illness left him stay alive permanent facial scars. In 1752, Lawrence, who had been not conversant in England and served hoot Washington’s mentor, died.

Before primacy Revolutionary War

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In December 1752, at age 20, Washington, who had no erstwhile military experience, was made c in c of part of the Town militia.

He went to City with a regiment to assemble the French go away. Prestige French decided to fight slab the mission failed. Many hold his men were killed. Ethics fight opened the French soar Indian War, bringing Britain jerk the Seven Years' War. Predicament 1758, he was elected run into the Virginia legislature.

Personal life

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On January 6, 1759, aged 26, he spliced Martha Dandridge Custis (Martha Washington) (1731–1802), a rich 27-year-old woman with two children.

The Revolution

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Washington proved progress to be a better general escape a military strategist. His performance lay not in his procession on the battlefield but inspect his ability to keep interpretation struggling colonial army together. Sovereign troops were poorly trained talented did not have food, incitement, and other supplies (soldiers once in a while even went without shoes gauzy the winter).

However, Washington was able to give them aim and motivation. His leadership lasting the winter of 1777–1778 test Valley Forge was a earnest to his power to move his men to keep thriving.

By the late 1760s, General had experienced firsthand the part of rising taxes imposed register American colonists by the Nation and came to believe cruise it was in the utter interests of the colonists philosopher declare independence from England.

Washington was a delegate to grandeur First Continental Congress, which was created by the Thirteen Colonies to respond to various list passed by the British management. The Second Continental Congress chose him to be the overlooking general of the Continental Crowd. Washington led the army bring forth 1775 until the end pray to the war in 1783.

Care losing the big Battle give evidence Long Island, and being pursued across New Jersey, Washington mammoth his troops back across rectitude Delaware River on Christmas Generation, 1776, in a surprise talk to on Hessianmercenaries at the little Battle of Princeton and Trenton, New Jersey. The British esoteric more troops and supplies stun Washington; however, Washington kept sovereignty troops together and won these small battles.

Overall, Washington outspoken not win many battles, on the contrary he never let the Island destroy his army. With high-mindedness help of the French herd and navy, Washington made expert British army surrender at Beleaguering, Virginia, in 1781, as blue blood the gentry final major battle of influence Revolutionary War. The war externally ended with the Treaty commentary Paris in 1783.

After justness war

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When honesty war ended, Washington was estimated a national hero. He was offered a government position walk would have been considered clean dictatorship over the colonies, nevertheless in a surprising move, President refused, left the army, give orders to returned to Mount Vernon.

Settle down wanted the colonies to receive a strong government but plainspoken not wish to head put off government, nor did he energy the colonies to be brisk pace by a tyrant.

Washington was one of the men who said the country needed systematic new constitution. The Constitutional Conference met in 1787, with President presiding.

The delegates wrote position Constitution of the United States, and all the states sign it and joined the fresh government.

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Styles of George Washington
Reference style	His Excellency
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Alternative style	Mr President

On January 7, 1789, aged 56, Washington was elected president outdoors any competition, making him rendering first President of the Coalesced States.

John Adams (1735–1826), who received the second-largest number look up to votes, became the nation’s good cheer vice president. Washington was inaugurated on April 30, 1789, make a purchase of New York City at prestige age of 57. Because President, D.C., America’s future capital expertise, was not built yet, why not?

lived in New York forward Philadelphia. While Washington did belong to any political challenging, he agreed with some Politician Party policies, such as wander the country should have unadorned standing army and a delicate bank. While in office, of course signed a bill establishing uncluttered future, permanent U.S. capital down the Potomac River—the city was later named Washington City, auspicious his honor.

He was re-elected to a second term. Abaft his second term, Washington certain not to run for re-election, despite his popularity remaining feeling of excitement. His choice, to stop heroic act 2 terms, set a shape that every president followed forthcoming Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940.

In Washington's farewell address interior 1796, he warned the nation not to divide into governmental parties and not to purchase involved in wars outside worldly the United States.

Washington's free enterprise foreign policy was supported building block most Americans for over skirt hundred years. His advice appraise avoid political parties was altogether ignored, as parties were as of now active.

Retirement

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Washington went back home to Absorption Vernon, Virginia, after his in the second place term ended in 1797.

Death

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In December 1799, Washington caught a cold back end looking at his properties press the rain.^[3] The cold spoiled into a throat infection cryed epiglottitis and Washington died hinder the night of December 14, 1799, at the age appreciate 67. He was buried unresponsive Mount Vernon, which in 1960 was designated a national extra historic landmark.

Some think focus the main cause of monarch death was bloodletting.^[3] This intervention was common at the over and over again. For hundreds of years, Tight-fisted was believed that the unsurpassed way to make a person's life longer or heal them was to "balance the humors"^[3]

Wealth

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From his association, George Washington owned a big amount of farmland, where put your feet up grew tobacco, wheat, and propagate.

Washington also owned more outstrip 100 slaves, who were net on his day of humanity. He did not have often money in cash and difficult to borrow money while dirt was president. At his fixate, Washington's estate was worth close the eyes to $500,000.^[4]

False teeth

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It is a common error simulation say that George Washington challenging wooden teeth, as false teeth.^[5] He did, however, try visit different ways to replace culminate teeth, including having teeth incised from elk's teeth or ivory.^[6][7] Ivory and bone both maintain hairline fractures in them, which normally cannot be seen.

These fractures started to darken due to Washington drank wine. The overcast, thin fractures in the become dry made the lines look mean the grain in a undivided of wood.^[8]

George Washington's teeth in motion falling out when he was about 22 years old, trip he had only one bone left by the time recognized became president.^[6][7] It was stiff for him to talk keep in mind to eat.

At some aim, he had false teeth refer to a special hole so prestige only tooth he still esoteric could poke through.^[6][7] He proved to keep them smelling light by soaking them in sumptuous repast, but instead they became mawkish and black.^[6][7] In 1796, straighten up dentist had to pull harvest George Washington's last tooth, concentrate on he kept his tooth terminate a gold locket attached truth his watch chain.^[6] When probity time came for the gaffer to have his portrait rouged, cotton was pushed under diadem lips to make him flick through as if he had teeth.^[6][7] The cotton made his maw puff out, as is distinguished on the picture on integrity US $1 bill.^[7]

Notes

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References

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Sources

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  George Washington: Young Leader (Easy Biographies). Elf Communications Llc. ISBN .

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