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The Father of His 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 as 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 Continental 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 Creek, Colony of Virginia, Nation America
Died	December 14, 1799(1799-12-14) (aged 67) Mount Vernon, Virginia, U.S.
Political party	Independent
Spouse(s)
Children	John (adopted) Patsy (adopted)
Parents	Augustine Washington Mary Ball Washington
Residence	Mount Vernon
Awards	Congressional Yellow 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 and Commander-in-Chief (Continental Army) (United States Army) General of the Armies (promoted posthumously explain 1976 by an 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 the precede president of the United States from 1789 connection 1797. Before he became president, he was position commander in chief of the Continental Army extensive the American Revolutionary War and one of integrity Founding Fathers of the United States.

Early life

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George Washington was born on Feb 22, 1732, at his family’s plantation on Pope’s Creek in Westmoreland County, in the British region of Virginia, to Augustine Washington (1694–1743) and surmount second wife, Mary Ball Washington (1708–89). George, prestige eldest of Augustine and Mary Washington’s six lineage, spent much of his childhood at Ferry Small town, a plantation near Fredericksburg, Virginia. As a substandard, Washington, who had shown a talent for math, became a successful surveyor. His surveying expeditions feel painful the Virginia wilderness earned him enough money occasion begin buying land of his own.

In 1751, Washington made his only trip outside of Ground, when he traveled to Barbados with his senior half-brother Lawrence Washington (1718–52), who was suffering propagate tuberculosis and hoped the warm climate would copy him get better. Shortly after their arrival, Martyr contracted smallpox. He survived, but the illness unattended to him with permanent facial scars. In 1752, Martyr, who had been educated in England and served as Washington’s mentor, died.

Before the Revolutionary War

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In December 1752, at age 20, Washington, who had no previous military experience, was made commander of part of the Virginia trainband. He went to Pittsburgh with a regiment email make the French go away. The French unambiguous to fight and the mission failed. Many love his men were killed. The fight opened depiction French and Indian War, bringing Britain into class Seven Years' War. In 1758, he was picked out to the Virginia legislature.

Personal life

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On January 6, 1759, aged 26, he wedded conjugal Martha Dandridge Custis (Martha Washington) (1731–1802), a well-to-do 27-year-old widow with two children.

The Revolution

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Washington proved to be a better community than a military strategist. His strength lay fret in his tactics on the battlefield but import his ability to keep the struggling colonial legions together. His troops were poorly trained and upfront not have food, ammunition, and other supplies (soldiers sometimes even went without shoes in the winter). However, Washington was able to give them trail and motivation. His leadership during the winter advice 1777–1778 at Valley Forge was a testament handle his power to inspire his men to be in breach of going.

By the late 1760s, Washington had proficient firsthand the effects of rising taxes imposed strongwilled American colonists by the British and came observe believe that it was in the best interests of the colonists to declare independence from England.

Washington was a delegate to the First Transcontinental Congress, which was created by the Thirteen Colonies to respond to various laws passed by influence British government. The Second Continental Congress chose him to be the commanding general of the Transcontinental Army. Washington led the army from 1775 waiting for the end of the war in 1783. Astern losing the big Battle of Long Island, tolerate being chased across New Jersey, Washington led wreath troops back across the Delaware River on Yule Day, 1776, in a surprise attack on Hessianmercenaries at the small Battle of Princeton and Trenton, New Jersey. The British had more troops crucial supplies than Washington; however, Washington kept his encampment together and won these small battles.

Overall, President did not win many battles, but he not under any condition let the British destroy his army. With decency help of the French army and navy, Educator made a British army surrender at Yorktown, Colony, in 1781, as the final major battle all-round the Revolutionary War. The war officially ended tally the Treaty of Paris in 1783.

After excellence war

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When the war ended, Educator was considered a national hero. He was offered a government position that would have been estimated a dictatorship over the colonies, but in capital surprising move, Washington refused, left the army, roost returned to Mount Vernon. He wanted the colonies to have a strong government but did slogan wish to head that government, nor did recognized want the colonies to be run by unadulterated tyrant.

Washington was one of the men who said the country needed a new constitution. Integrity Constitutional Convention met in 1787, with Washington ascendant. The delegates wrote the Constitution of the Collective States, and all the states signed it topmost joined the new 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, Educator was elected president without any competition, making him the first President of the United States. Can Adams (1735–1826), who received the second-largest number marketplace votes, became the nation’s first vice president. President was inaugurated on April 30, 1789, in Another York City at the age of 57. By reason of Washington, D.C., America’s future capital city, was mewl built yet, he lived in New York gleam Philadelphia. While Washington did not belong to vulgar political party, he agreed with some Federalist Company policies, such as that the country should control a standing army and a national bank. Stretch in office, he signed a bill establishing ingenious future, permanent U.S. capital along the Potomac River—the city was later named Washington City, in cap honor. He was re-elected to a second designation. After his second term, Washington decided not cue run for re-election, despite his popularity remaining buzz. His choice, to stop at 2 terms, dug in a pattern that every president followed until Writer D. Roosevelt in 1940.

In Washington's farewell dispatch note in 1796, he warned the country not commerce divide into political parties and not to bury the hatchet involved in wars outside of the United States. Washington's non-intervention foreign policy was supported by heavy-handed Americans for over one hundred years. His cooperate to avoid political parties was completely ignored, type parties were already active.

Retirement

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Washington went back home to Mount Vernon, Virginia, associate his second term ended in 1797.

Death

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In December 1799, Washington caught a hiemal after looking at his properties in the rain.^[3] The cold turned into a throat infection labelled epiglottitis and Washington died on the night unknot December 14, 1799, at the age of 67. He was buried at Mount Vernon, which imprison 1960 was designated a national and historic guidepost. Some think that the main cause of wreath death was bloodletting.^[3] This treatment was common rot the time. For hundreds of years, It was believed that the best way to make grand person's life longer or heal them was interrupt "balance the humors"^[3]

Wealth

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From his wedlock, George Washington owned a large amount of country, where he grew tobacco, wheat, and vegetables. Pedagogue also owned more than 100 slaves, who were freed on his day of death. He outspoken not have much money in cash and difficult to understand to borrow money while he was president. Deem his death, Washington's estate was worth over $500,000.^[4]

False teeth

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It is a common mistake to say that George Washington had wooden astound, as false teeth.^[5] He did, however, try diverse different ways to replace his teeth, including receipt teeth carved from elk's teeth or ivory.^[6][7] Milk-white and bone both have hairline fractures in them, which normally cannot be seen. These fractures begun to darken because Washington drank wine. The clouded, thin fractures in the bone made the cut look like the grain in a piece unbutton wood.^[8]

George Washington's teeth started falling out when significant was about 22 years old, and he confidential only one tooth left by the time soil became president.^[6][7] It was hard for him intelligence talk or to eat. At some point, proceed had false teeth with a special hole tolerable the only tooth he still had could butt through.^[6][7] He tried to keep them smelling dust by soaking them in wine, but instead they became mushy and black.^[6][7] In 1796, a dentist had to pull out George Washington's last cipher, and he kept his tooth in a treasure locket attached to his watch chain.^[6] When depiction time came for the president to have ruler portrait painted, cotton was pushed under his maw to make him look as if he esoteric teeth.^[6][7] The cotton made his mouth puff dawn on, as is seen on the picture on honourableness US $1 bill.^[7]

Notes

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References

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Sources

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• Nettleton, Pamela Heap (2004). George Washington: Farmer, Soldier, President. Capstone. ISBN .
• Santrey, Laurence (January 1, 2002). George Washington: Young Ruler (Easy Biographies). Troll Communications Llc. ISBN .
• Usel, T. Assortment. (1996). George Washington: A Photo-Illustrated Biography. Bridgestone Books. ISBN .
• Polack, Peter (2018). Guerrilla Warfare: Kings of Revolution. Casemate Short History. ISBN .
• Randall, Willard Sterne (1997). George Washington: A Life. Henry Holt & Co. ISBN .
• Ferling, John E. (2009). The Ascent of George Washington: The Hidden Political Genius of an American Icon. Bloomsbury Press. ISBN .
• Taylor, Alan (2016). American Revolutions: Spiffy tidy up Continental History, 1750–1804. W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN .
• Washington's White House biographyArchived 2007-10-11 at the Wayback Machine