Looking back at United States History and its people we can say that one of the most important roles ever played was by George Washington. As an American leader he left a big impact on Americas history especially as a worthy leader and the first president of United States. Even though he lived some two hundred years ago he is still remembered as his picture is put on currency, and books about his life are published to this day on. Although there are many written pieces out there about him they all try to reflect on the same thing and some of those things are his early life, his actions in French Indian war, his actions in American revolution and his presidency.
Reflecting on his early life George Washington was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, on Feb. 22, 1732, He was the oldest son of Augustine Washington and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington. (1) His father died in 1743,and soon thereafter George went to live with his half brother Lawrence at Mount Vernon. (1) His early passion since he was a kid was to go out which was later on discouraged by his mother. Through his brother Lawrence he learned trigonometry and at the same time acquired a taste for ethics, novels, music, and the theater. (2) The knowledge he received contributed to making him a well mannered eighteenth century Virginia gentleman. Later on in an effort to cure Lawrence of tuberculosis he accompanied his brother to Barbados in search of a cure. Sadly the trip turns effortless and Lawrence ends up dying in 1952 leaving George as the inhabitant of the Mount Vernon estate. (2) Through his early life two of the things that he pursued in were military arts and western expansion. .
His role in French Indian war started of little importance but later on evolved into a bigger one. At the field he started of as a friend to General Braddock in 1755 and performed with excellence, despite sickness, in the disastrous campaign against Fort Duquesne.
He got married to Mary Anna Custis Lee on 1831, who was the great-granddaughter of Martha Washington, the first First Lady. ... However, the plan was discovered by General George McClellan, and the two armies began to fight at the Battle of Antietam. ... Instead, they moved to Lexington, Virginia, where he became president of Washington College. ...
That's all a biography really is, just some history about a person told by anyone else. ... George Washington used to visit this little town partly because of the healing properties him and his social group believed the river to have. ... There's a park in the middle of Berkley Springs where a monument named George Washington's bathtub is located. ... George Washington used to bathe there for the same reason between his first visit in 1748 until his last in 1784. ... " I think my Grandpa figured that since a man like George Washington gave the place his stamp of approval,...
These presidents are: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Herbert Hoover. ... George Washington was the very first president of the U.S. ... In 1790 he accepted the post secondary of state under George Washington. ... "George Washington's Life." ... Spectrum Biographies. 4 Dec. 2003 www.incwell.com/Biographies/Lincoln.html "Theodore Roosevelt." ...
She was the second child of four children of George Wofford, a shipyard welder and Ramah Willis Wofford. ... http://www.Distinguished woman.com/biographies/morrison.html Toni Morrison was born in Lorain, Ohio, in the United States. ... +OR+Chloe+Anthony+Wofford+Morrison After graduating, she was offerd a job at Texas Southern University in Washington D.C., where she taught introductory English. ... http://www.DistinguishedWomen.com/biographies/morrison.html In 1987, Toni Morrison was named the Robert F. ... http://www.DistinguishedWo...
Thomas Marshall worked with President George Washington on numerous occasions and surveyed the Fairfax Estate with him on one, and they even became good friends. ... George Wythe is the only lecturer that there is evidence of that John took notes on. ... George Washington presented him a job as attorney general, as well as a position on the Supreme Court and secretary of war under Adams. ... Marshall was later asked by Bushrod Washington, an Associate Justice of the Court, who was Washington's nephew to write the official biography of the case. ... This biography, which was five volumes l...
The biography Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy written by Mary Van Rensselaer Thayer is a very informative book. ... As a Vassar student she traveled extensively, and she spent her junior year in France before graduating from George Washington University. ... After finishing college Jacqueline took a job in Washington as an "inquiring photographer" for a local newspaper. Being in Washington she soon met Senator Kennedy. ...
The biography Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy written by Mary Van Rensselaer Thayer is a very informative book. ... As a Vassar student she traveled extensively, and she spent her junior year in France before graduating from George Washington University. ... After finishing college Jacqueline took a job in Washington as an "inquiring photographer" for a local newspaper. Being in Washington she soon met Senator Kennedy. ...
(Encyclopedia) At this time during his college years attending William and Mary "Thomas read law with George Wythe, the greatest law teacher of his generation in Virginia." (Biography, p.1) "Thomas then graduated in 1762 with the highest honors of the institution." ... In 1890 Washington appointed him first secretary of the state under the newly adopted constitution and then in 1796 ran for presidency. ... (Biography) The voting process was said to be repeated thirty-five times. ... In 1800 Jefferson was elected president where it is said that he was the first to be inaugurated in Wa...
