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George Washington

First president of the United States and commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution.

George Washington was born on February 22, 1732, at Popes Creek in Westmoreland County, Virginia.[1] John Adams nominated Washington to be the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, which Congress had just created on June 14, 1775.[2]

Quick Facts

Order
1st
Office
President of the United States
Vice president
John Adams
Took office
April 30, 1789
Left office
March 4, 1797

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

His father died in 1743, leaving him Ferry Farm and ten slaves.[3] Washington married Martha Dandridge Custis on January 6, 1759.[4] The marriage gave him control over a large estate, making him one of the wealthiest men in Virginia.[4] On June 14, 1775, Congress created the Continental Army and John Adams nominated Washington as its commander-in-chief.[2]

Augustine and Mary Ball Washington had six children, of whom George was the firstborn.[1] Because his father died, Washington did not get the same formal schooling as his older half-brothers, who attended Appleby Grammar School in England; his own education was at the Lower Church School in Hartfield.[3] A surveyor's license was granted to Washington by the College of William & Mary in the year after he spent a month surveying in the Shenandoah Valley.[5]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "George Washington" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Chernow 2010, p. 3–6 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "George Washington" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Taylor 2016, p. 132; Chernow 2010, p. 3–6 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "George Washington" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Harrison 2015, p. 19 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "George Washington" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Wiencek 2003, p. 9–10, 67–69, 80–81 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "George Washington" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "George Washington's Professional Surveys", Founders Online (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article George Washington (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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