George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 in Virginia. He grow up on weathly farm where his father grew tobacco and rice to make a profit. George Washington was asked to be the leader of the French and Indian War. After the war, he left the army and got married to Martha Washington. Once England asked for the colonies to pay taxes, they refused and then the Revoluntionary War broke out on April 19, 1775. The Second Continental Congress made the Continental Army. George Washington was made general. He began training over 14,000 men for the Revoluntionary War.
In 1778, he set camp at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Many men got dieases like small pox and typhoid. Over 2,500 men died at Valley Forge that year. Many women help the men through the long winter with nursing and nursing. The army's supply of food was running low. The usually "fire cake" which was made of flour and water.
George Washington did lose a lot of battles during the Revoluntionary War but he never surrended. On December, 25 1776, George Washington took his army across the Delaware River to suprise the British at Trenton, New Jersey. Crossing the Delaware River was a dangerous and challenging operation for the army. The army struggled because the river the was still icy. The Continetal Army didn't lose a single piece of material or life. In 1778, he took his troops to West Point and set up headquarters. They set up forts and extended a 150-ton iron chain across the Hudson River to control the traffic. In 1783, the British surrended and signed the Peace Treaty. George Washington was the first president of the United States on May 1783. He was addressed as Mr. President in New York City. George Washington died on December 14, 1799, in Mount Vernon.
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