GEORGE WASHINGTON

By Devin Duncan & Sydney Wade

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Summary

George Washington was an American general & commander – in-chief of the Colonial armies in he American Revolution (1775-83). He was the 1st president of the united States(1789-97). He was born in Wakefield on February 22,1732. He died on December 14,1799 in Mount Vernon/

Role figure

George Washington was the leader of the Patriot's and he led them to victory. Also, he was a general and commander-in-chief.

Loyalist or Patriot??

He was a Patriot, because he is the 1 who was the leader, and because he was against the French.

Did he survive the war?

George Washington he did survive the Revolutionary War. Because after the war he got married to “Martha Danridge Custis”. And He was the 1st president of the United States of America.

Our Opinion..

We think he was a good person. He was the chief , plus he was the in the war. So he has to have some Courage to fight for there freedom. Plus, to help his country.

2 facts!!

1-Washington was the 1st president in the United States of America.

2- He was a Patriot, and he was the leader.

The most interesting thing about him!!

We think the most interesting thing about George Washington is that he was in the Revolutionary War. Too save our country, And he was the 1st president.

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More information

His great grandfather John Washington who migrated from England to Virginia.

George’s Father

Gorges father ,Augustine, was borne in 1694.augustine was a man who acquired land and slaves , he built mills, and grew tobacco.

Georges Brother Lawrence

His brother Lawrence died in July, 1752. He died of tuberculosis. Then Lawrence’s only child, Sarah, died 2 months later and Washington became the head of 1 of the Virginia’s most prominents estates.

More info

Washington was given the honorary rank of the colonel and joined British General Edward Braddock’s army in Virginia in 1755.