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George Washington, one of our nation's president was born in Virginia in Popes Creek Plantation. He was the son of Augustine and Mary Ball Washington
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Before George Washington began his career as a military officer, He was appionted official surveyor for Culpeper County, Virginia.
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George Washington at the beginning of the French and Indian War was given the major rank and was ordered to denigrate the French's strength at the Ohio River Valley
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Later in the war, Washington recieved a commission as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Virgina Regiment. And in his new position he successfully attacked the French camp near present Jumonville and built Fort Necessity but was forced to surrender it to overwhelming French and Indian forces.
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In the Battle of the Monongahela: George Washington was under the command of General Edward Braddock, who were ambushed and defeated by the French and Indians. Due to this defeat, Governer Dinwiddie puts Washington in charge of all Virginia forces with the new rank of colonel.
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In the Forbes Expedition, Washington successfully drove the French from Fort Duquesne. After this, Washington returned to the life of a planter and politician since he failed to secure a position as a British officer.
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The marriage between George and Martha was childless so the couple raised Martha's two children, John Parke Custis and Martha Parke Custis, from her previous marriage. During their happy years, they lived in Mount Vernon as a happy couple.
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On September 5 1774, Washington was elected into the First Continental Congress. The congress was a response to the Intolerable Acts that was passed by the British King.
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On April 19, 1775 was "A shot hear around the world." The shot took place at Lexington and Concord, MA. This was the start of the American Revolutionary, so as a response to the revolutionary. The Second Continental Congress put George Washington commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the time.
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With the American troops' morale so low, General Washington and his soldiers crosses the cold Delaware River to fight at the Battle of Trenton at New Jersey.
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The Battle of Yorktown was the battle that ended the Revolutionary War. Technically the Treaty of Paris ended the war officially.
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Washington decides to give the military career a rest.
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On May 25, 1787 there was a constituional convention being held in Philadephia and the president was George Washington. The delegates at the convention came together to fix the Articles of Confederation which were too weak to tax the people. So as a result of the convention came the U.S. Constitution.
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George Washington was unanimously elected the first President of the United States. And during his presidency he was addressed as "Mr. President" .
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George Washington was reelected again in 1793 and during his second term he isseued the Neutrality Proclamation. The proclamation kept the United States out of the between France and English Empire.
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George Washington, the fore fathers of the nation dies at the age of 67 in Mount Vernon.
