George Washington was the first US president, a planter and land surveyor. He supported the American Revolutionary War, helped draft the Constitution, established an executive department, and signed the Jay Treaty. He owned slaves but never sold them and left a statement declaring them free after his wife’s death. He died of pneumonia and is buried in Mount Vernon.
George Washington was the first president of the United States of America. Washington’s passion for a free country led him to full support for the American Revolutionary War and secured him the title of “Father of the Nation.”
George Washington was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia on February 22, 1732 to a planting family, a profession he embraced early on. After graduation, Washington worked as a land surveyor until the start of the French and Indian War and decided to join the war. His leadership of him during the war later earned him an appointment as commander-in-chief of the U.S. Army, which he held until the end of the war in 1783.
George Washington’s intentions were to return to his early jobs as a planter, but his love of the emerging nation kept returning him to the center of political upheaval. He was one of the promoters of the drafting of the Constitution, the main architect of a new tax system and the first national bank.
As the first president of the United States, Washington was responsible for establishing an executive department and avoiding future conflicts with Great Britain, which he did by signing the Jay Treaty, which guaranteed the United States fair trade with other nations without the need for British Approval. He also spoke openly about the importance of freedom of religion.
George Washington married a widow and had no children of his own, but he helped raise two stepchildren and, later, two of his grandchildren. Washington owned 317 slaves on his plantation at Mount Vernon, but because he refused to break up families, he never sold any of them, even when they were no longer productive on the farm. Washington, however, left a statement declaring his slaves free after his wife’s death.
George Washington died in his bed on December 14, 1799 of an acute case of pneumonia. The disease developed during the night and was probably aggravated by the fact that his doctor used bleeding techniques in his treatment. The first president of the United States is buried in Mount Vernon.
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