Washington 2 I chose to research my final paper on the leader George Washington. Although I research other important leaders George Washington made the way for other American leaders in my eyes. George Washington was born on February 22. 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. “George Washington could trace his family’s presence in North America to his great-grandfather John Washington who migrated from England to Virginia.” George Washington family was wealthy, but lost most of their wealth during the Puritan Revolution. George Washington father died when he was 11, and his half- brother Lawrence and his wife Annie Fairfax raised him to be a very fine young man. In July, 1752, “George Washington’s Brother Lawrence, died of tuberculosis making him the heir apparent of the Washington lands.” George Washington was given a rank of major in the Virginia milita. George Washington was given the honorary rank of colonel and joined British General Edward Braddock’s army in Virginia in 1755. Although Washington went to war and escaped with our harm, some of his fellow soldiers were not as lucky. Washington held the position of being commander of all Virginia troops in August 1755. George Washington had already been in battle and had escaped death, so when he became ill in 1757 he was sent home with dysentery. George Washington applied for a commission and with the turn down of the position, he resigned in 1758. George Washington married Martha Dandridge Custis, a wealthy widow with two children. George Washington never had any descendents. George however did acquire two children from the death of John Jacky Martha son. During his retirement for the Virginia militias “George Washington devoted himself to the care and devotion of his land holdings, attending the rotation of crops, managing livestock and keeping up with the latest scientific advancements.”
Washington 3 Although George Washington kept 100 slaves, he didn’t like but did abide by the slavery law. George Washington entered politics and was elected to Virginia House of Burgesses in 1758. George Washington became president on April 30.1789. Upon becoming president George Washington established cabinets which were Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of War and Attorney General. George Washington served a second term while in office. Since George Washington refused to run a third term the door was open for other President’s “establishing the customary policy of a maximum of two terms for a President, which later became law by the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution.” George Washington established the Proclamation of Neutrality which was designed to keep America out of further wars. The establishment came from the situation that the early 1790 war consisted of, Great Britain and its allies on one hand and France on the other. ” George Washington “believed that America should not get entangled in the internal affairs of other nations and issued this Proclamation of Neutrality to state the position of his government.” George Washington was a man of peace. He shaped the New Federal Government and allowed the future presidents the chance to choose their own staff and protect the beliefs and reasons for which they are qualified to lead this country. George Washington goal for this nation was to remain unified. George Washington died on December 14, 1799.
