George Washington Research Paper

George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 in the Virginia colony. George was the oldest child of six children by his parents Augustine and Mary Washington. The family was considered in the “middle classes” at the time of George’s early life. George’s early life is very vague in the details, but people have created myths that are not factual to fill the gap of history. Even George’s education is unknown by today’s standards, except we do know that George took mathematics, and was good at it. George’s dad died when Gorge was a young man at 11 years old. George (George to repetitive) only had a couple people to look up to including his half-brother Lawrence. Sadly, after his father passed away, Lawrence died in 1752. This pushed George

Washington was put upon the duty to run for America’s first president. The first ever presidential election was held on January 7th, 1789 and George Washington became America’s first president. George Washington is the only American president unanimously chosen, which an impressive feat is. This just shows George’s abilities to be leader, and the love the colonists gave to him even before becoming president. George served only two terms, but did an extensive number of things while serving those terms. George wanted to set an example while president knowing that many more presidents would come after him, and try to mimic his actions. George insisted on the title “Mr. President” instead of many other names heard in his position. One of George’s first moves as president was creating a treaty with the Native Americans to establish the nation’s capital near the Potomac River. After that treaty was signed, the Whiskey Rebellion rose and became a threat, forcing George to go to major spots the rebellion was at, and exterminating the rebellion. Things got a little more interesting when the French and Great Britain started to combat in war once again. Washington negated the war by creating the “Jay Treaty” to tie any loose ends with Great Britain. Thomas Jefferson was a supporter of the French however, and convinced him to pass a treaty (what?!) to put borders around the western frontier, blocking out the British