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George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 at his family's plantation on popes creek in Westmoreland county
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George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 at his family's plantation on pope's creek in Westmoreland country.
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George Washington was the oldest of six children he spent much of his childhood at a family farm
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George was the oldest of six children he spent much of his childhood at a ferry farm
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Georges father died when he was 11 years old he helped his mother manage the plantation after his father died.
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George Washington finished his formal schooling at around 15 years old
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As a teenager Washington had shown an aptitude for mathematics become a successful surveyor
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In December 1752 Washington who had no military experience was made a commander of the vrigina militia
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George saw action in the French and Indian war and was eventually put in charge of all vrigina's Militia forces
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Washington had resigned his commission returned to mount Vernon and was elected to the vrigina's House of Burgesses
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In January 1759 he married Martha Dandridge cutis a wealthy widow with two children
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Washington expanded mount Vernon from 2,000 acres into an 8,000 acre property with 5 farms
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By the late 1760s Washington had experienced first hand the effects of rising taxes imposed on American colonists by the British
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His troops were poorly trained and lacked food, ammunition and other supplies. Washington was able to give them the direction and motivation to keep going
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Washington proved to be a better general than military strategist
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eight years in the war the colonial forces won few battles but consistently held their own against the British
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In 1783 Great Britain and the U.S signed a peace treaty
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in 1787 he was asked to attend the constitutional convention in Philadelphia and head the committee to draft the new constitution.
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The 57 year Washington was inaugurated on April 30, 1789 in New York city
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The people wanted Washington to serve a 3rd term but Washington refused