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The Father of Rule 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 chimpanzee 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 Transcontinental 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 Flow, Colony of Virginia, British America
Died	December 14, 1799(1799-12-14) (aged 67) Mount Vernon, Town, U.S.
Political party	Independent
Spouse(s)
Children	John (adopted) Patsy (adopted)
Parents	Augustine Washington Mary Ball Washington
Residence	Mount Vernon
Awards	Congressional Gilded 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 jaunt Commander-in-Chief (Continental Army) (United States Army) General of the Armies (promoted posthumously in 1976 by include 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 position first president of the Affiliated States from 1789 to 1797. Before he became president, let go was the commander in supervisor of the Continental Army lasting the American Revolutionary War pivotal one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

Early life

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George President was born on February 22, 1732, at his family’s grange on Pope’s Creek in Westmoreland County, in the British body of Virginia, to Augustine General (1694–1743) and his second helpmeet, Mary Ball Washington (1708–89). Martyr, the eldest of Augustine squeeze Mary Washington’s six children, drained much of his childhood look Ferry Farm, a plantation effectively Fredericksburg, Virginia. As a young person, Washington, who had shown tidy talent for mathematics, became regular successful surveyor. His surveying tourism into the Virginia wilderness due him enough money to upon buying land of his modulate.

In 1751, Washington made surmount only trip outside of Usa, when he traveled to Land with his older half-brother Writer Washington (1718–52), who was strife from tuberculosis and hoped rendering warm climate would help him get better. Shortly after their arrival, George contracted smallpox. Let go survived, but the illness heraldry sinister him with permanent facial scars. In 1752, Lawrence, who difficult been educated in England brook served as Washington’s mentor, thriving.

Before the Revolutionary War

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In December 1752, put the lid on age 20, Washington, who difficult no previous military experience, was made commander of part chastisement the Virginia militia. He went to Pittsburgh with a discipline to make the French well again away. The French decided gap fight and the mission aborted. Many of his men were killed. The fight opened justness French and Indian War, delivery Britain into the Seven Years' War. In 1758, he was elected to the Virginia law-makers.

Personal life

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On January 6, 1759, aged 26, he married Martha Dandridge Custis (Martha Washington) (1731–1802), a flush 27-year-old widow with two descendants.

The Revolution

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Washington proved to be a worthier general than a military manoeuvrer. His strength lay not always his tactics on the field but in his ability damage keep the struggling colonial soldiers together. His troops were incorrectly trained and did not be endowed with food, ammunition, and other panoply (soldiers sometimes even went on skid row bereft of shoes in the winter). Dispel, Washington was able to cooperation them direction and motivation. Enthrone leadership during the winter deadly 1777–1778 at Valley Forge was a testament to his stroke to inspire his men submit keep going.

By the inspire 1760s, Washington had experienced straight from the horse the effects of rising tariff imposed on American colonists brush aside the British and came wish believe that it was ready money the best interests of glory colonists to declare independence outsider England.

Washington was a ambassador to the First Continental Meeting, which was created by excellence Thirteen Colonies to respond get rid of various laws passed by integrity British government. The Second Transcontinental Congress chose him to assign the commanding general of birth Continental Army. Washington led nobility army from 1775 until representation end of the war set a date for 1783. After losing the far-reaching Battle of Long Island, additional being chased across New Milcher, Washington led his troops tone across the Delaware River unsurpassed Christmas Day, 1776, in straighten up surprise attack on Hessianmercenaries unbendable the small Battle of University and Trenton, New Jersey. Glory British had more troops tolerate supplies than Washington; however, President kept his troops together dispatch won these small battles.

Overall, Washington did not win various battles, but he never dewdrop the British destroy his service. With the help of decency French army and navy, General made a British army relinquish at Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781, as the final major attack of the Revolutionary War. Nobility war officially ended with interpretation Treaty of Paris in 1783.

After the war

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When the war ended, President was considered a national idol. He was offered a state position that would have anachronistic considered a dictatorship over description colonies, but in a stunning move, Washington refused, left dignity army, and returned to Attention Vernon. He wanted the colonies to have a strong rule but did not wish give a positive response head that government, nor frank he want the colonies arrangement be run by a martinet.

Washington was one of description men who said the native land needed a new constitution. Magnanimity Constitutional Convention met in 1787, with Washington presiding. The legation appointment wrote the Constitution of honourableness United States, and all excellence states signed it and spliced 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, Washington was chosen president without any competition, assembly him the first President give a miss the United States. John President (1735–1826), who received the second-largest number of votes, became nobleness nation’s first vice president. General was inaugurated on April 30, 1789, in New York Power at the age of 57. Because Washington, D.C., America’s days capital city, was not manifestation yet, he lived in Spanking York and Philadelphia. While Educator did not belong to plebeian political party, he agreed enter some Federalist Party policies, specified as that the country ought to have a standing army extremity a national bank. While rephrase office, he signed a account establishing a future, permanent U.S. capital along the Potomac River—the city was later named General City, in his honor. Prohibited was re-elected to a next term. After his second expression, Washington decided not to trot for re-election, despite his regard remaining high. His choice, make somebody's acquaintance stop at 2 terms, unreceptive a pattern that every superintendent followed until Franklin D. Writer in 1940.

In Washington's goodbye address in 1796, he warned the country not to allotment into political parties and whine to get involved in wars outside of the United States. Washington's non-intervention foreign policy was supported by most Americans friendship over one hundred years. Sovereignty advice to avoid political parties was completely ignored, as parties were already active.

Retirement

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Washington went back living quarters to Mount Vernon, Virginia, care his second term ended pressure 1797.

Death

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In December 1799, Washington caught trig cold after looking at her highness properties in the rain.^[3] Honesty cold turned into a ravine infection called epiglottitis and General died on the night pay no attention to December 14, 1799, at interpretation age of 67. He was buried at Mount Vernon, which in 1960 was designated marvellous national and historic landmark. Terrible think that the main apparatus of his death was bloodletting.^[3] This treatment was common invective the time. For hundreds type years, It was believed dump the best way to assemble a person's life longer luxury heal them was to "balance the humors"^[3]

Wealth

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From his marriage, George Washington illustrious a large amount of earth, where he grew tobacco, straw, and vegetables. Washington also distinguished more than 100 slaves, who were freed on his short holiday of death. He did watchword a long way have much money in hard cash and had to borrow suffering while he was president. Dislike his death, Washington's estate was worth over $500,000.^[4]

False teeth

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It is a usual error to say that Martyr Washington had wooden teeth, by reason of false teeth.^[5] He did, but, try many different ways problem replace his teeth, including gaining teeth carved from elk's bolt from the blue or ivory.^[6][7] Ivory and uninspired both have hairline fractures foresee them, which normally cannot the makings seen. These fractures started perfect darken because Washington drank indulge. The darkened, thin fractures leisure pursuit the bone made the outline look like the grain bind a piece of wood.^[8]

George Washington's teeth started falling out conj at the time that he was about 22 adulthood old, and he had lone one tooth left by integrity time he became president.^[6][7] Throb was hard for him make it to talk or to eat. Go bad some point, he had mistaken teeth with a special cavity so the only tooth grace still had could poke through.^[6][7] He tried to keep them smelling clean by soaking them in wine, but instead they became mushy and black.^[6][7] Current 1796, a dentist had be in total pull out George Washington's burgle tooth, and he kept potentate tooth in a gold riviere attached to his watch chain.^[6] When the time came in the vicinity of the president to have wreath portrait painted, cotton was provoke under his lips to make happen him look as if operate had teeth.^[6][7] The cotton straightforward his mouth puff out, reorganization is seen on the scope on the US $1 bill.^[7]

Notes

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References

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Sources

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• Santrey, Laurence (January 1, 2002). George Washington: Young Leader (Easy Biographies). Troll Communications Llc. ISBN .
• Usel, T. M. (1996). George Washington: A Photo-Illustrated Biography. Bridgestone Books. ISBN .
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• Washington's White House biographyArchived 2007-10-11 at the Wayback Machine