Growing up
George Washington was born on February 22, 1732, in the colony of Virginia. He was very athletic and loved riding horses and later was known as the best horseman in Virginia.
George was good at math but was never good at spelling it embarrassed him all his life
Mount Vernon
He wasn’t close to his mother; she was very mean and bossy. When he was eleven his father died so he moved in with his half-brother Lawrence.
At one-point George's half-brother Lawrence died in militia Goerge replaced him
Country life
After the French and Indian war which didn’t go so well Goerge went back to mount Vernon and married Martha custus at one-point George and Martha owned as many as 300 slaves, later in life he realized slavery was wrong.
In his farming life George stopped growing tobacco and switched to wheat because it was easier to grow, when the English taxed the tea George switched to coffee.
Commanding general
Later George was a general in the military during the revolutionary war the conditions were so bad more people died from smallpox than battle wounds. After George won the war, he was going to go back to be a farmer.
Because of his fame in war George won both elections for president both times John Adams got in second both times as president he set the example of only serving 2 terms, he made sure he didn’t get to powerful.
George Washington was very important in history without him we wouldn’t have had a president till a lot longer.
Resources:
Who Was George Washington by Roberta Edwards. 2009. Grosset & Dunlap.
No comments:
Post a Comment