What Is The Difference Between George Washington And Thomas Jefferson

George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson were three incredible men who were very influential in the revolution of our country. They lived very different lives, but had the same ambition and desire for fame and fortune. The problems they faced and risks they took changed the course of our country and shaped it to what it is today.

George Washington was born into a wealthy and prestigious family. He was the first male offspring of Augustine Washington’s second marriage. As a young child, he a lot of time with his father, Augustine Washington, and had a special connection with him. Unfortunately, his father passed away when Washington was eleven years old. Although Washington and his father had a close bond, Washington was unhappy that his father was barely in his life. Washington was never close with his mother, Mary Washington. They didn’t get along, especially when Washington was a teenager. Although Washington wasn’t close with his parents, he did have close bond with his half-brother, Lawrence. His half-brother was

educated, a soldier, and displayed heroism. He had his life all straighten out with a family and a house that he rebuilt and renamed Mount. Vernon. Lawrence was a perfect vision of what Washington aspired to be.
Due to the demise of Augustine Washington, George never received more than two or three years of formal education. He wanted to become a planter, but he knew that he would not make enough to support himself, so he decided to study surveying. Washington begin to study surveying from a man named Colonel Fairfax, who saw potential in Washington, and became a father-like figure to Washington. A year after studying, Washington was authorized to work as the county surveyor in Culpepper County. He earned enough money to buy land and increase his assets. It seemed like life was going good for Washington when suddenly Lawrence died at the age of thirty-four from tuberculosis. Seeing that his father and half-brother both died at a young age, it put a little fear in Washington. He began to think about what he wanted to do with his life and questioned if surveying was one of them. After some time thinking about it, Washington decided he needed to do something that would help him achieve his goal of being wealthier and widely known. So, he quit his job and volunteered to be a messenger of war. While on his trip, he indirected figured out that the French and Indian War was about to begin. Governor Dinwiddie created an army, the Virginia Regiment, and made Washington a lieutenant colonel, second in command. He did not stay in that position for long because Colonel Joshua Fry died in an accident. Washington was then appointed to replace him and lead men towards the Ohio. Sadly, unexperienced Washington made many mistakes. First, he attacked the French who had a letter for Dinwiddie. This was a huge mistake because the French then went looking for Washington to get back at him. Since Washington knew he was wanted, he and his men built a fort and named it Fort. Necessity. When the French arrived, Washington realized that he was outnumber three hundred to seven hundred. Many of his men were killed, and he had to surrender. When he returned, the Virginia Regiment was broken up, and Washington was demoted. He returned to his new home, Mount Vernon, in despair and begin his new life as a planter. In spring of 1755, Washington learned that London sent an army under General Edward Braddock to Virginia to seize Fort. Duquesne. Washington took that opportunity to ask the British headquarters if he could help out Braddock. Braddock offered Washington a position and he accepted. During the time he helped Braddock, he managed to gain a lot of knowledge about the military, structure of headquarters, and how professional armies went about their business from many officers. At the end of this trip, Washington was named a hero and offered his former rank as commander for helping the army during an attack by Fort. Duquesne. The trip with Braddock made Washington realize how much he craved action and the adrenalin rush of fighting. He then went on to command the Virginia Regiment for fourty months. His assignments were very dangerous and frustrating especially because he was low on men and supply. Washington resigned from the Virginia Regiment after Fort. Duquesne was taken. He was named a hero and respected by many.
One major reason why Washington left the army in 1758 was to marry Martha Custis.

They married on January 6, 1759. It is not clear when they met, but it is known that they courted during Washington’s last year with the Virginia Regiment. She was widowed and had two kids, Jackie and Patsy. Washington was a devoted stepfather, and spoiled the kids with gifts. Another reason he left the Virginia Regiment was because he wanted to become a planter. He moved to his new family to Mount. Vernon and started planting. Washington purchased a lot of land from Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and other areas from the money he was making. As the year passed, Washington grew more and more successful. While other planter were in debt, he was debt free and living a comfortable life. He was very successful because he was daring and risky in business ventures, smart about his decisions, industrious, and urged his laborers to work

hard.
John Adams was born to a middle class farmer in Braintree, Massachusetts. He was the first child of Deacon Adams and Susanna Boylston. His parents raised him to be respected towards his parents, siblings, public figures, and other elders. Adams was never close to his parents, who never displayed parental affection. Even into his adulthood, he would rarely contact his parents. Being the first child, his parents sent him to college. Adams attended Harvard at the age of sixteen and graduated at the age of twenty. After he graduated, he decided to pursue law, despite his father’s desire of Adams becoming a clergyman. Adams wanted to be known and he thought that pursuing law would fulfill that want of his. He hoped to live a comfortable income and get elected to the Massachusetts assembly. After he graduated from Harvard in 1755, he taught at a Latin school to pay for a legal apprenticeship with James Putnam. Just weeks before his twenty first birthday, Adams made enough money to pay for his apprenticeship with Putnam. Two years later, Putnam told Adams that he was ready to open his own practice.
Adams quickly packed his bags and moved to Boston to open his own practice. Opening his own practice was not an easy task. He only got two clients during his first year, and lost one of cases by preparing a defective writ. Adams began to worry about his future and decided to go back to Harvard to study law. When he returned to Braintree from studying, he met a woman named Hannah Quincy. They spent a lot of time together and fell in love, but eventually broke apart due to Adam’s determination to continue studying law. After some time of studying, Adams decided to take on a campaign to reduce the number of taverns in Braintree. It was a very smart move for Adams because he got a lot of attention and got more clients. In his third year in practice, he fell in love with Abigail Smith. Adams decided that he would marry her once his practice grew. On October 25, 1764, Abigail and Adams got married in her home. Soon after, they moved into an old saltbox house in Braintree, which Adams inherited along with 36 acres of land in four areas of the town. His practice got more and more clients making it very busy for Adams. He grew tired of having to commute everyday from Braintree to Boston and back that he moved his family to Boston. Work started to consume most of Adams’s life. He never had time for his kids and wasn’t there for the birth of his first two children. After a decade in practice, Adams was very wealthy. He purchased a huge house in Boston, invested in land, loaned money and charged interest, and built massive library. Adams at this point at achieved everything that he set out to accomplish, but still was not happy. He decided to get into local politics. He ran for a political position, but unfortunately became ill and decided to drop out of the race.
Thomas Jefferson, like Washington, was born into a wealthy and prestigious family. He was the first child of Peter and Jane Jefferson. At a young age, he would accompany his father on business trips, watch races with him, and observe his father’s work. Jefferson remembers his childhood as an unhappy time of his life. He was sent to boarding school at the age of nine and felt a sense of abandonment from his parents. Jefferson especially felt abandoned when his father died when Jefferson was fourteen. His mother could never take care of him because she had other kids to take care of. He attended William and Mary College in Williamsburg and graduated in only two years. After graduating, Jefferson wanted to go into law and become famous. He studied with Wythe to pass his formal bar examination. After studying with George Wythe, Jefferson studied for two more years before opening his own practice. He opened his practice in 1767 and was very successful. He had 68 items of business during his first year, and it kept growing until he averaged around five hundred cases a year. In 1768, he was elected into the House of Burgesses and begin to construct the Monticello.
While Jefferson had a successful career, he was not good with relationship. He was very shy which caused many of his relationships with women to not move very far. When he was nineteen, he met a woman named Rebecca Burwell. They did not keep in contact when Jefferson left for school because he was too scared to talk to her. Once he returned home, he found that he was engaged. He became depressed and did not try to find another woman for six years. Jefferson was only depressed, but he also struggled with loneliness and hurt. These may have been brought upon by his experiences as a child and not having anyone there for him as a child, which may be the reason why he yearned for a nurturing home and family. Jefferson did eventually find someone who he fell in love with. She was Martha Skelton, a widow with a three year old son. In 1772, they got married and moved into the Monticello.
Jefferson became wealthy at a young age. He inherited five thousand acres, fifty two slaves, livestock, his father’s library, and a grist mill on his twenty first birthday. As soon as he was one of the wealthiest planters in Virginia, he quit his practice and become a full time planter. At his middle age, he had everything he wished for: wealth, ease, fame, and health.
The aspirations and goals that Washington, Adams, and Jefferson had ultimate