who was george washington??
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He was the first president, he also was a key general in the war for independence.
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George Washington was the first President of the United States of America. However, there were several "presidents" before him, some of the Continental Congress, others of the Confederated States. However, these were not executives at all and did not have any real authority. They were merely the presidents of the legislature. They were, in fact, called President of the United States in Congress Assembled. Of those, the first was Peyton Randolph.
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George Washington was born in Westmoreland County Virginia in 1732. \n\nFamily\n\nWashington's ancestors were from England; his great-grandfather, John Washington, immigrated to Virginia in 1657. George's father Augustine "Gus" Washington (1693–1743) was a slave-owning planter who later tried his hand in iron-mining ventures. His mother was Mary Ball Washington (1708–1789), who lived to see her son become famous, but had a strained relationship with him. In George's youth, the Washingtons were moderately prosperous members of the Virginia gentry, of "middling rank" rather than one of the leading families. Washington, the oldest child from his father's second marriage, had two older half-brothers and four younger siblings. \n\nWashington would marry Martha Washington. She was born Martha Daindridge in Virginia. At the age of 18, she married Daniel Parke Custis, a rich bachelor two decades her senior. She had four children by Custis. A son and a daughter, Daniel (1751-1754) and Frances (1753-1757), died in childhood, but her two younger children, John (Jacky) Parke Custis (1754-1781) and Martha ("Patsy") Parke Custis (1756-1773) survived to young adulthood. Custis' death in 1757 left Martha a rich widow, with independent control over a dower inheritance for her lifetime and trustee control over the inheritance of her minor children.\n\nTwo years after the death of her first husband, Martha Dandridge Custis married Colonel George Washington on January 6, 1759. Shortly after the marriage, he left the colonial arm of the British military due to the British policy denying colonials command opportunities with the regular British army. They lived a prosperous and apparently happy life at Washington's Mount Vernon estate. Martha and George Washington had no children together, but they raised Martha's two surviving children. John Parke Custis served as an aide to Washington during the siege of Yorktown in 1781. During this service, Jack died, probably of typhus. After his death, the Washingtons raised two of his children, Martha's youngest grandchildren, Eleanor Parke Custis and George Washington Parke Custis (April 30, 1781 - October 10, 1857). They also provided personal and financial support to nieces, nephews and other family members in both the Dandridge and Washington families.\n\n\n\nEducation\n\nWashington had little formal education: the death of his father prevented him from receiving an education in England as his older brothers had done. Instead, Washington was trained as a surveyor. \n\nCareer\n\nGeorge Washington was the Commander in Chief of American forces in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and later the first President of the United States, an office he held from 1789 to 1797. Because of his central role in the founding of the United States, Washington is often called the "Father of his Country". Scholars rank him among the greatest of United States presidents.\n\nWashington first gained prominence leading troops from Virginia in support of the British Empire during the French and Indian War (1754–1763), a conflict which he inadvertently helped to start. After leading the American victory in the Revolutionary War, he relinquished his military power and returned to civilian life, an act that brought him much renown. In 1787, he presided over the Constitutional Convention that drafted the United States Constitution and, in 1789, was the unanimous choice to become the first President of the United States. His two-term administration set many policies and traditions that survive today. After his second term expired, Washington again retired to civilian life, establishing an important precedent of peaceful change of government that was to serve as an example for the United States and for other future republics.
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George Washington was born on a plantation which would have meant that his family was not poor. Follow the link to Mount Vernon to read more about George Washington. http://www.mountvernon.org/learn/meet_george/index.cfm/ss/21/
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George Washington is often credited with the survival of Democracy. Why? Because after two terms, he stepped down  from the Presidency. He could have been king. But, instead, he was humble.\n\nOthers:\n\nEvery since board of directors elected CEO's and started selling stocks, the CEO's main and only duty is to make money for the stock holders,  and ............. the heck with morality.
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George Washington's home was Mount Vernon on the Potomac.  To see pictures just type "Mount Vernon" on your search engine.  Lots of pictures.  It has been called the most beautiful home in America and it is America's number one historic tourist destination.  Valley Forge Pa. is a site where Washington and the continental army spent a hellacious winter (in 1777 I think).  Many men just froze to death.  They really went through some sh*t to win our freedom from the King.
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Not George Washington!  He also wasn't the 2nd, 3rd, 4rth...\n\nIn 1781 Maryland signed the Articles of Confederation, creating the 13 state union.  John Hanson, who signed for Maryland, was immediately elected president of the assembly (chosen unanimously by Congress).  Hansons formal title was "President of the United States in Congress Assembled".\n\nGeorge Washington even addressed Hanson as "President of the United States".  After Washington became president Hanson sent him a letter of congratulation.  Washington replied, addressing the letter to the "President of the United States."\n\nMaybe y'all should know a bit more history before blasting off rude comments, eh?\n\nGreat question!
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That should be, "Are there any contributions from George Washington?"  Then my next question would be, contributions to what?  To his country's independence?  To the office of President?  What?\n\nClearly, Washington contributed a great deal to the success of the Americans against the British.  By using unconventional tactics, he was able to leverage the few advantages the Americans had into military success.  As President, he set an example of putting statesmanship above politics that was followed by the best of his successors.
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He died in 1799 at the age of 67\n\nGeorge Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799)
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False!  He was not the first president of the United States.  There was someone else, although I'm not sure of his name.  The inaguration I beleive was either in Philadelphia or New York.
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On April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took his oath of office as the first President of the United States.\n\nGeorge Washington is often called "the father of his country" for his crucial role in fighting for, creating and leading the United States of America in its earliest days. Washington was a surveyor, farmer and soldier who rose to command the colonial forces in the Revolutionary War. His success in the war made him a tremendously popular figure in America even after he retired to his farm at Mount Vernon in 1783. He was the natural choice to serve as the country's first president in 1789 after the new United States Constitution was ratified. He served two terms, refused a third, and returned to his Virginia farm. In 1798 he was again commissioned as commander in chief of the army, a title he held until his death 18 months later. He was succeeded as president by John Adams.\n\nMore info in the links, if you need it!
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WITHOUT THE CONSTITUTION,WHAT GUARANTEE WOULD YOU HAVE THAT YOU CAN KEEP ANY FREEDOMS.THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO MAKE WASHINGTON A KING AFTER THE REVOLUTION WAS WON.ALL WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR NAUGHT.BE THANKFUL HIS AND OTHER HEADS WERE CLEAR TO THE CAUSE.
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A really good example of a person that didn't desire power in any way but accepted it is George Washington. Washington was an intensely private man that simply wanted to return home to Virginia after the Revolutionary War, which he did. However, when he was called to attend the Philadelphia(Constitutional) Convention, he went knowing that he was going to be called on to be leader of the newly formed nation to take it out of the problems that it was suffering under the Articles of Confederation. While Washington only wanted a quiet life to himself, he took the residency and the power that went with it, and made a large impact on the nation. He set many standards for the presidency, including the standard of a president only serving 2 terms in office.
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It isn't that we fought a war to free ourselves from a monarchy, especially since we started out trying to save our pocketbooks. No one can argue that because it is actually fact, not someone's opinion...although that was what the result was. \n\nBut anyway,  George Washington was 1) a very good person (given, he had slaves; for the time period he was a very good person); 2) he was a Federalist, like Alexander Hamilton :) which means, as I interpret it, that he prefered a balanced government between state and federal power with more power given to the federal but not too much; and 3) all he wanted when the war was over was to go back to his plantation and be peaceful.
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Who the hell is George W. Bush?
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Actually, George Washington had no children of his own.  When he married Martha in early 1759 he adopted her two children, a boy and a girl, John (Jacky) Parke Custis and Martha ("Patsy") Parke Custis.  \n\nJust to clarify, Martha did bear two other children from her first marriage, however, those two did not survive and were never known by George Washington.  \n\nPatsy died just before the revolution and Jacky lived until 1781, just a few years shy of the close of the revolution.  \n\nJacky also had two children (which would have been Martha's grandchildren by blood) who were also raised by George and Martha Washington.  \n\nHope that makes sense, basically, GW married martha, adopted her two children and then after their deaths, they raised Martha's grandchildren...Washington had no children of his own.
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Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 N.S. – July 4, 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801–1809), author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential founders of the United States. Major events during his presidency include the Louisiana Purchase (1803), the Embargo Act of 1807, and the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806).\n\nAnd check out the link below.