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Washington began his military service in the French and Indian War as a major in the militia of the British Province of Virginia. In 1753, he was sent as an ambassador from the British crown to the French officials and Indians as far north as present-day Erie, Pennsylvania. The Ohio Company was an important vehicle through which British investors planned to expand into the Ohio Valley, opening new settlements and trading posts for the Indian trade. In 1753 the French began expanding their military control into the Ohio Country, a territory already claimed by the British colonies of Virginia and Pennsylvania. These competing claims led to a war in the colonies called the French and Indian War and contributed to the start of the global Seven Years' War By chance, Washington became involved in its beginning.

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George Washington

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February 22, 1732, George Washington Birthplace Westmoreland country , VA

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Before Washington became president accompanied George William Fairfax as surveyor to the unexplored wilderness of the Virginia frontier. Washington showed early signs of natural leadership and shortly after Lawrence's death Virginias lieutenant Gov. Robert Dinwiddie appointed Washington did not take leading role in the growing colonial resistance against the British until the widespread protestant of the townshead acts of 1767

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As a teenager Washington, who had shown aptitude for mathematics became a successful surveyor. His surveying expectations into the Virginia wilderness earned him enough money to begin acquiring land of his own. He finished he formal schooling by the age of 15. He spent most of his time on a ferry.

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George married Martha who already had four kids from her previous marriage. Only two of which had survived. She married George on January 6, 1759. He adopted many children because he didn’t have none of his own

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He bred hound dogs that he treated like members of the family. He gave some of them unusual names: Tartar, Truelove, and Sweet Lips.

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His Choppers Weren't Chopped From Wood
Believe it or not, Washington false teeth were not made from wood. They were created using a combination of gold, ivory, carved animal bone and human teeth purchased from his African American slaves. The purchase records still exist. He used his false teeth to eat hoecakes, his favorite breakfast; simple cornmeal pancakes served with butter and honey.

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Washington was part of the Federalist party.

His presidential term was from
April 30, 1789 to March 4, 1797

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John Adams