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= George Washington =

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George Washington was born on February 22, 1732. His great-grandfather John Washington migrated from England to Virginia. His family had some distiction in England and was granted land by Henry VIII.
 * Early Life **

George was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Georges’ dad was Augustine Washington his mom was Mary Ball. His half brothers were Butler, Lawrence, and Augustine Jr. His brothers were John, Samuel, Charles. His half sister was Jane. His sister was Eilzabeth.

At the age of 11 George’s father died. Lawrence George’s older brother inherited the family’s Little Hunting Creek Plantation and married the daughter of a colonel. George was then able to see finer aspects of colonial culture.

When George was 16 he was a land surveyor. When George was 20 he owned a lot of land in Virginia. Next he was an officer in the British military. George fought in the french and Indian war. George never went to school. George moved to Mount Vernon.

After his brother’s death of tuberculous. George became the head of one of Virginia’s most prominent estates, Mount Vernon.

George was appointed the lieutenant colonel for the mission to Fort Duquesne againt the french. The most important one was that he was the first preident of the united stats in 1789.He is still the only peresident to get 100% electoral votes. He served 2 tems but refused the threed trem. During the American Revolutionary War George lead the Continental Army.

George changed America because without him we would lose a lot of wars. We would have might of never had a first president. It could have changed the way we look at the USA.

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