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Brief Biography GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732-1799)
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George Washington is an American statesman and politician, the first president of the United States, the founder of the Institute of the presidency in the United States, a commander.
On February 22, 1732, he was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia.
His father was a migrant from England, a wealthy landowner planter, who died when George was 11 years old.
His death deprived the boy of a chance to study, according to family tradition, in the UK, so education was at home: it was organized by Lord William Fairfax, who lived next door.
He also sent a 16 year old teenager to his western lands to work as a surveyor.
In 1752, after his death, George Washington inherited the Mount Vernon estate, with which his entire future life will be connected.
Showing an interest in agriculture, Washington, nevertheless, dreamed of a career in the military.
In the same year, as a militia member, he began to fight with the French and Indians, he happened to learn from his own experience what captivity is.
In the rank of colonel, he retired in 1758, returned to the estate and closely engaged in its arrangement, agriculture.
In 1759, J. Washington married and gradually acquired the status of one of the most not only wealthy, but also influential planters in the state.
In 1758, the public activity of George Washington began: until 1774, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Virginia, and in 1774 he was elected to the post of deputy of the 1st Philadelphia Continental Congress.
As a member of the Legislative Assembly, he opposed violent actions, but when the War of Independence began in 1775, Colonel George Washington of the Virginia militia, abandoning the idea of peaceful ways to resolve the conflict with Great Britain, led the Continental Army as commander - in chief he was elected to this position unanimously.
The military actions revealed in him a remarkable talent of a commander, an administrator, demonstrated his bravery and courage as a person.
The biggest victories of his troops, in which Washington has reorganized, was the battle of Boston (spring 1776), Princeton (winter 1777), the battles of Saratoga (autumn 1777) and Yorktown (1781 autumn).
In 1783 was signed the Treaty of Versailles, in which the independence of the United States was recognized by great Britain, and after this event, John.
Washington returned to Mount Vernon, resigning as commander in chief.
In 1787, a new stage in Washington's biography begins: he became the head of the US Congressional commission that developed the state Constitution.
1789 was the peak of his political career, the year of his election (unanimous) to the post of President of the United States of America, the first in the history of the country.
In 1792, he remained in the presidential chair due to his election to a second term.
While in this post, Washington consistently implemented the principles of the young Constitution, formed the system of public administration, power structures, took measures to stimulate the strengthening of the state, the development of the economic sector, and promoted the active construction of the capital.
The foreign policy pursued by George Washington was based on the neutrality of the United States and the country's non interference in the affairs of European states.
Washington did not run for a third term and moved to his Mount Vernon estate in 1798.
There, on December 14, 1799, the life of the first American president, awarded the title of "father of the Fatherland", ended.
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