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George Washington was born on February 22, 1732, at his family’s plantation on Pope’s Creek in Westmoreland County, in the British colony of Virginia, to Augustine Washington (1694-1743) and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington (1708-89).

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2.What is something traumatic that happened in G.W life?

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2.What is something traumatic that happened in G.W life?

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His father died when George was eleven, George's mother, Mary, a tough and driven woman, struggled to hold their home together with the help of her two sons from a previous marriage. Fortunately, George had an older brother named Lawrence who took good care of him. Lawrence helped to raise George and taught him how to be a gentleman. Lawrence made sure that he was educated in the basic subjects like reading and math.

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3.What was George Washingtons early year school?

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3.What was George Washingtons early year school?

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The equivalent of an elementary school education

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4. What was George Washingtons position? 

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4. What was George Washingtons position? 

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He commanded Patriot forces in the new nation's vital American Revolutionary War and led them to victory over the British.

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He was the only president unanimously elected. Meaning all of the state representatives voted for him.

He never served as president in Washington D.C., the capital that was named for him. In his first year the capital was in New York City, then moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

He was six feet tall, which was very tall for the 1700s.

The story of George Washington chopping down his father's cherry tree is considered fiction and likely never happened.

George Washington did not have wooden teeth, but did wear dentures made from ivory.

Washington gave freedom to his slaves in his will.

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April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797

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George Washington was an American political leader, military general, statesman, freemason and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States.

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Cami: https://millercenter.org/president/washington
https://www.ducksters.com/biography/uspresidents/georgewashington.php
Malaya:
https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/george-washington

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While George Washington kept over 100 slaves, he was said to dislike the institution, but accepted the fact that slavery was the law. He also entered politics and was elected to Virginia's House of Burgesses in 1758.

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The United States was a small nation when Washington took office, consisting of 11 states and approximately 4 million people, and there was no precedent for how the new president should conduct domestic or foreign business.

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George Washington died on December 14, 1799.