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George Washington was the first president of the United States of America. He was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia on February 22, 1732. George Washington was the elder of Augustine Washington’s (his father) sons. George W. studied these subjects during his school/university: he studied mathematics, surveying, rules of civility and the classics of literature. When George’s father died, in 1743 George went to live with his step brother Lawrence in Mount Vernon. His brother married the Fairfax family’s daughter. That family helped George start his career. George had helped them too in surveying lands in 1748 in the Shenandoah Valley. Unfortunately Lawrence died in 1752 and George inherited the Mount Vernon. When the french and Indian war had begun, George had many opportunities. He earned the adjudant spot of one of the Virginia’s military districts. He was given a mission from Robert Dinwiddie to warn the french commander that there will be further claims of the territory by Britain. George published a diary about the difficulties and dangers of his journey. He published at Williamsburg. In the year of 1755 when he was 23 years old, George moved up to colonel and commander of chief in the Virginia militia. He had the responsibility to defend the frontier. In the year of 1758, he left his army and returned to Mount Vernon. When he came back, he entered politics. He was serving in the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1759-74. In the year of 1759 George married Martha Dandridge Custis, a young widow with two small children. George Washington died three years after his retirement in Mount Vernon because of a throat infection in December 14, 1799.

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