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George Washington

By Ashlyn

George   Washington was born in Virginia on February 22, 1732. When George Washington was around the age of 6, George learned a lot about military strategies and how to fight with a sword.In 1753 the governor sent George on a dangerous mission.The mission was to take a letter to Fort Le Boeuf, a French fort in Ohio.George's mission had started the French and Indian War.

 Soon after the Boston Tea Party leaders all around the world came together and the Continental Army. Soon the Continental Congress voted to make George the new Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army.George agreed, but refused to be paid because George only wanted to do his duty.

 In the fall 1775 a disease called smallpox swept through the Continental Army thousands of men got sick but luckily George Washington was immune to smallpox because he had it when he was 19. On July 4 1776 the colonies officially became a country when the declaration of independence was signed.  After that the American Revolutionary War had  begun.

 George suffered a series of defeats, but George also was a brilliant chief. on December 25, 1776 him and his army decided to do a surprise attack on the Hessians, and it worked! Soon the Continental army had a victory at Trenton then author one at Princeton.In 1783 the war was officially over and the Americans had finally won their independence.

On April 6,1789 George Washington became the president of the United States of America.