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Title: George Washington


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George Washington
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Who Was George Washington?
  • Born in 1732 to a wealthy Virginian planter
    family
  • Member of the Virginian House of Burgesses
  • Virginian delegate to the Second Continental
    Congress
  • Commander in Chief of the Continental Army
  • First President of the United States 1789-1797

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Pre-Revolution
  • Surveyor of Shenandoah lands in Virginia
  • Fought during the French and Indian War
  • Elected into the Virginian House of Burgesses

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Revolutionary Era
  • Participated in the Second Continental Congress
    in 1775 as a delegate of Virginia
  • Elected Commander in Chief of the Continental
    Army
  • Wrote advice to the Continental Congress from the
    field
  • Delaware Crossing 1776
  • Battle of Yorktown ended the war

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The New Nation
  • Felt the Articles werent working and pushed for
    the new Constitution
  • Participated in the Philadelphia Convention in
    1787
  • Unanimously voted President once the Constitution
    was ratified
  • Served for eight years with a neutral stance on
    international affairs

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His Last Years
  • Retired to Mount Vernon with Martha
  • Died in 1799 after less that three years of
    retirement

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Thanks to
  • The textbook
  • www.whitehouse.gov.about/presidents/georgewashingt
    on
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