The First President of the United States:

George Washington

Main Life Accomplishments:

George Washington signed and amended this law Judiciary Act of 1789, Indian Intercourse Acts, starting in 1790, Naturalization Act of 1790, Residence Act of 1790, Bank Act of 1791, Coinage Act of 1792 or Mint Act, Fugitive Slave Act of 1793, Naval Act of 1794 The Apportionment Bill, vetoed April 5, 1792, on constitutional grounds A Bill to alter and amend an Act entitled, "An Act to ascertain and fix the military establishment of the United States", vetoed February 28, 1797, on the advice of Secretary of War James McHenry.

 

Basics:

Born: February 22, 1732, Westmoreland country

 

Died:  Dec. 14, 1799 Mount Vernon, Virginia

 

Nationality:  American

Religion: Anglican/Episcopal/Deist

 

Fields: Politics, Military

Main Accomplishments: He led the Continental Army to victory over the Kingdom of Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783).

 

Chronology of Life Events:

Feb 1732

Birth of George Washington

 

Jan 6, 1759 

Washington married Martha Dandridge Custis, a widow. They had a good marriage, and together raised her two children, John Parke Custis and Martha Parke Custis

 

1775

Second Continental Congress Chose him as their Commander in Chief of American Army

 

1776 

He victoriously forced the British out of Boston. But, later that same year, was badly defeated, and nearly captured, when he lost New York City. However, in the bitter-cold dead of night, he revived the patriot cause, by crossing the Delaware River in New Jersey and defeating the surprised enemy units

 

1789
Washington became President of the United States and promptly established many of the customs and usages of the new government's executive department. He sought to create a great nation capable of surviving in a world torn asunder by war between Britain and France. His Proclamation of Neutrality of 1793 provided a basis for avoiding any involvement in foreign conflict.

 

1795

Washington avoided the temptation of war and began a decade of peace with Britain via the Jay Treaty

 

Dec. 14, 1799 

Death of George Washington

 

Early Life:

Washington's childhood offered few omens of greatness. He was one of ten children (six by Mary Ball and four by George Washington's father's first wife) in an aristocratic Virginian family, bent almost exclusively on growing tobacco and preparing timber.

 

When Washington was 16, he met Lord Thomas Fairfax, an Englishman who owned an enormous tract of land in the northern neck of the colony. Fairfax gave Washington his first job, surveying the lands of the Shenandoah Valley. Through his surveying work, Washington was able to earn enough money to begin buying plots of land. By the age of 21 (now employed as the official surveyor of the county of Culpeper), he owned more than 1500 acres, all purchased out of his own accounts. 

 

Washington's older brother Lawrence died, endowing George with care of his Mount Vernon estate and asking him to replace his office as an adjutant general of the colony. His responsibilities included overseeing the militia of the districts. In 1753, Washington successfully carried a British ultimatum to the French in the Ohio River Valley. A year later, he served as a colonel in the French and Indian War.

 

In the beginning, Washington’s military maneuvers consisted mainly of sharp correspondence with the British. He lost his first battle, but was overwhelmingly successful in New Jersey. By 1781, with a bedraggled but determined regiment behind him, Washington forced the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. The war was won

 

Wife Background:

Martha Washington was raised in a time when chattel slavery was an economic reality for elite southern white families. She never questioned the ethical and moral foundations of the "southern institution." Under English common law, Martha received the use of and income from one third of Daniel Parke Custis' extensive estate during her lifetime. The estate contained a number of plantations and farms, and many enslaved men, women, and children attached to those holdings. Upon his marriage to Martha, George Washington became the legal manager of the Custis estate, under court oversight. In actuality, estate records indicate Martha Washington continued to make many decisions 

Father Background:

Augustine Washington officially moved to Popes Creek in 1726 with his wife Jane Butler Washington and his two sons Lawrence and Austin. This was an ideal place to access the large ships on the Potomac River via flat bottom boats and other small craft. Augustine had great success growing tobacco. England had an insatiable appetite for tobacco and merchants paid top prices for it. 

 

Mother Background:

The only child of Joseph Ball and his second wife, Mary Johnson. Sentimental biographers dubbed her "The Belle of Epping Forest," after her father's estate Mary Ball Washington was a self-assured woman with great leadership potential. She maintained a level of control with those she was in contact with and had a dynamic presence which was one of the remarkable traits of her character. Though she is known to have been stern with a high level of expectation, she was also very kind and gentle. Mary conducted herself throughout her life with virtue and discretion worthy of the mother of the greatest hero in American History

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