FATHER OF OUR COUNTRY

FACTS ABOUT HIM

• Birth: February 22, 1732
• Born: Bridges Creek , Virgina
• Bridges Creek later became known as Wakefield in a place called Westmore County
• Not have a middle name

CHILDHOOD

• Had five brothers and one sister
• Father died when he was at age of eleven
• Childhood: not really known
• Tale: he chopped down a cherry tree and told his father due to his honest character
• Tale: probably created by Mason Locke Weens (an author of a biography of Washington a year after he died).

CHILDHOOD PART TWO

• wanted to join the British navy when fourteen, but didn't because of mother's wishes
• Helped his mother with plantation
• Became county surveyor at seventeen: helped him develop experience when he became a major in the Virginia militia

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

• Was believed that he finished formal schooling at age fifteen
• Was taught by a private tutor
• Shown aptitude for mathematics
• Half brother, Lawrence was his mentor even though he had tuberculosis

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

• Was baptized when he was two months old
• "I never knew so constant an attendant in church as Washington," said a rector named Lee Massey
• Believer of God: Obviously
• Grew up in Church of England

POLITICAL BACKGROUNDS

• Factions formed at this time he was president
• Didn't want American citizens to choose faction
• Wanted them to be neutral

MARITAL STATUS/CHILDREN

• Married at age 26
• Wife name: Martha Dandridge
• Didn't have children of his own
• Had adopted two children that was actually his wife's from her previous marriage

CAREER HISTORY

• Became surveyor of Culpepper County, Virginia
• Was welcomed at Mount Vernon as a refuge from the pressures of public life

GOALS/AMBITIONS

• Get America to be it's own
• Pay off national debt

ACHIEVEMENTS/ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Commander in Chief of The Continental Army during Revolutionary War
• Established two-terms as president
• Mobilized troops on Whiskey Rebellion
• Became first president

OVERALL IMPACT ON AMERICAN HISTORY

• Helped America gain independence from mother country

HE WAS CHOSEN BY ME, BEACAUSE

• Easier to research
• Positive impact on America
• Helped Patriots defeat Great Britain
• Helped gain our rights which we have today
• Is Smart

MORE FACTS

• Did not attend a University
• Enjoyed ritual of fox hunt
• Somewhat stiff and awkward with girls

FACTS: PART 2

• Announcement for retirement was never delivered orally
• Criticized by Jeffersonians for treaty with Great Britain
• Inherited slaves from his father at age 11

DEATH

• Death: December 14, 1799
• Freezing temperatures caused sore throat which led him to get a hoarse voice
• Began to have severe chills with trouble breathing and speaking
• Diagnosed to have inflammatory quinsy
• Suffered to the point that he says that he was giving up
• Dead in Mount Vernon, Virginia

MEMORIZATION AFTER DEATH

• Talked about in History Class
• Seen upon the Internet and some textbooks
• A website that allows you to buy tickets to go visit his Mount Vernon

CITATION

• Websites used http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/history/faq/washington/ www.biography.com/people/george-washington-9524786 www.notablebiographies.com › Tu-We www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/george-washington us-presidents.insidegov.com/.../What-were-President-George-Washington-s...

CITATION

• Book used
• The Complete Book of U.S. President
• Degregorio, William A. The Complete Book of US Presidents. New York:December,1984