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1780 BCE
Views on Slavery
Mount vernon
Washington didn't think all Americans were deserving of such freedoms.
He kept hundreds of enslaved people at his Virginia estate, Mount Vernon. -
1780 BCE
Views on Slavery
He thinks of Ben Franklin and John Adams. Both men strongly opposed slavery, as did many other figures of the Revolution -
1778 BCE
Legacy
George Washington called the 'father of his country’. -
1749 BCE
Early Life
He entered public service at the young age of 17, becoming a government surveyor. -
Early Life
Washington was born into a wealthy farming family in Virginia. -
Military Service
French and Indian war
(a seven-year conflict between England and France). -
Political Career
George Washington was the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. -
Political Career
He joined the Virginia House of Burgesses Virginia’s legislature. -
Military Service
Washington led the patriot forces to victory in the American Revolutionary War. -
Military Service
Washington joined the colonial militia, or volunteer army. -
Political Career
Valley forge
In the winter, a quarter of Washington’s troops died at Valley Forge, PA from cold, starvation, and disease. -
Views on Slavery
Washington had come to believe that slavery needed to end. (But he worried that outlawing it too quickly, and too soon, would tear the country apart.) -
Military Service
He led the Continental Army to its final victory against England, at the Battle of Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781. -
Political Career
Washington presided over the Constitutional Convention, where the U.S. Constitution was written. -
Legacy
Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States in 1789. -
Legacy
Bill of Rights (the first 10 amendments to the Constitution) -
Legacy
two- term precedent (Laws = Establishing Washington's precedent of two terms as the maximum a person can serve) -
Views on Slavery
Farewell address
Washington delivered his Farewell Address. In it, he warned Americans that they needed to stick together, or lose the liberty they'd fought so hard for. -
Early Life
George Washington death.