GEORGE WASHINGTON

BY: JOHNNY Reider

His childhood

• Born in Virginia on Feb. 22 1732

• He had 9 brothers and sisters (mixed)

• Went to a church school then he was sent to a boarding school

• Growing tobacco was very popular where he lived

In the teens(16-19,and early 20’s)

• At 16 he met Lord Fairfax, who owned the northern neck of the colony

• Fairfax gave Washington a job which was to survey a valley!

• While doing this George made a bunch of money

• With that money he bought a lot of land

• By the age of 21 he had 1500 acres of land

20-23 Years of age

• When George was 20 years old one of his brothers died• Then he got asked to be a general of the colony• When he was 22 years old he was a colonel in the

French & Indian war• About the time the revolutionary war started everyone

knew about George’s skill at war• When he was 23 years old he was asked to be a military

advisor for N.Y. to defend against any British attack

At 23 years and older . . .

• He was asked to be a general for the entire army (this was during the American revolution)

• He lost his first battle

• Then he did very well in New Jersey to drive back the enemy

• Then sometime later he forced a man named Cornwallis to surrender

• The war was over (after Cornwallis's surrender)

George’s Personal life

• He married a women who was a widow

• Her name was Martha

• She already had two kids

• So George and Martha didn’t have any more children

From middle age – his death

• His next duty L.O.L was to be the head chief of the constitutional convention

• By the time the constitution was official George had been elected the first president of the U.S.

• He served two terms

• Then at the age of 67 he died of what we call strep throat

THANK YOU FOR WACTHING

Notes link• my notes

My resources

• http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/gw/gwbio.html