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    Through the many obstacles, America has experienced; George Washington helped this free country become united and created by the people for the people. We know and call him by the title of the Founding Father of the United States. In three important ways, Washington helped shape the beginning of our evolving civilization. For instance, he commanded the Continental Army that won American Independence from Great Britain, known as the Revolutionary War. He was also nominated the president the U.S. Constitutional

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    George Washington and the Revolution George Washington was a part of God's plan for a new country. What he did influenced what America has become. He laid the foundation for presidents to come, and built this country on solid Christian principles. George Washington was born February 22, 1732. His family lived on a few farms on the Potomac River. George was a strong boy. He could ride a horse and shoot a gun by age 10. When George was ten his older brother Lawrence came home

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    George Washington: The Father of This Country A leader. Honorable. Loving. Those are all the traits of a great father. George Washington also had these traits, which is why he made a great father to this country, even through hard times. Just has a father plays a pivotal role in the building of our life so did George Washington for this country. George Washington played a pivotal role in the establishment of the United States by leading the people and by becoming the first president of the U.S

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    George Washington is one of the most famous foundering fathers of the United States. He was an American Revolution leader of the Continental Army and was the first president of the U.S. George Washington was born in February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. George’s father, Augustine Washington was a rich man that owned slaves, lands, grew tobacco and built mills, he also was interested in open iron mines, he was a very ambitious man. Augustine first wife was Jane Butler and they

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    Dinner With George If I would bring somebody back from the past to have dinner with,I would choose George Washington. I would choose him because not only was he the first president, but George was in the revolutionary war. he was selected as the general of this war because he was well prestiged when attending the meetings in his old military uniform. George Washington was a part of the French and Indian war as well and he had won both of those war. He was the only surviving one of the war at the

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    even of his personal services to the defense of it.” (“George Washington”). “I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country.” (“George Washington”). These two quotes come from a very important man in the history of the United States of America. George Washington’s ways and actions were crucial to us today and the American Revolution back then. George Washington was born on February 22nd in the year 1732. He was born

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    George Washington George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 on Popes Creek Farm in Westmoreland County, Virginia. The family George was born into consisted of his father, Augustine Washington, his mother, Mary Washington, and five brothers and sisters: Betty, Samuel, John Augustine, Charles and Mildred. There were also three other older children from his father's first marriage to Jane Butler, who died in 1729: thirteen year-old Lawrence, twelve year-old Augustine and nine year-old

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    George Washington Myth

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    Abstract George Washington was a leader in the Continental Army, and also the first president of the United States of America. He was born on February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. George Washington was 11 years old when his father, Augustine, died. He only got an elementary education but had a very excellent talent for mathematics. There are many fables and myths about George Washington when he was a child. Some, including him cutting down the cherry tree which obviously did not happen

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    George Washington Father

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    This is about George Washington before, during, and after the war. Before the war George was just a kid that grew up in the country and farmed. His father died when he was 11 and he inherited land and 10 slaves from his father. He was appointed county surveyor of the frontier county Culpeper. He then goes to Barbados with his half-brother Lawrence to attempt to cure the latter of a respiratory illness. He contracted smallpox while he was on the island. That was the only time Washington ever left the

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    George Washington was the first President of the United States and was the only one in history to ever be elected unanimously. Although he went in without notion of how the presidency was going to work in the new republic, he still served two terms without any opposition. This goes to show how truly intelligent and successful George Washington was as President. His personality, policies, and ideas greatly inspired the prosperity and evolution of the government, foreign policy, economic policy in

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