George Washington portrait George Washingtonis best known as the first president of the United States, but there was much more to Washington's life and career prior to his presidency. As a child, he grew up in colonial America, on his family's plantation. During his young adulthood, he not...
George Washington was a very popular and well respected man. The nation needed someone to be at the head of the new government. The American people decided to elect him as the first president of the United States under the new government created by the Constitution. Being the president of an...
George Washington - Plantation, Marriage, Revolutionary: Immediately on resigning his commission, Washington was married (January 6, 1759) to Martha Dandridge, the widow of Daniel Parke Custis. She was a few months older than he, was the mother of two ch
Washington returned to Mount Vernon and devoted his attentions to making the plantation as productive as it had been before he became president. More than four decades of public service had aged him, but he was still a commanding figure. In December 1799, he caught a cold after inspecting his...
Encourage students to research George Washington's military career before completing this coloring page. 10 of 11 President's Day - Tic-Tac-Toe Print the pdf:President's Day Tic-Tac-Toe Page Cut the playing pieces off at the dotted line, then cut the markers apart. Students will enjoy play...
George Washington’s career and significance changed drastically throughout his life. He started as a simple farmer and ended up being the first president of a new country. George Washington’s father, Augustine Washington, was an ambitious man who acquired land and slaves, built mills, and grew...
Washington was born into the provincial gentry of a wealthy, well connected family who owned tobacco plantations. After his father and older brother both died young, Washington became personally and professionally attached to the powerful Fairfax family, which promoted his career as a surveyor and ...
In this June 8, 1991 photo, Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf and President George Bush watch the National Victory Parade from the viewing stand in Washington. Schwarzkopf led his troops in the parade, and then joined Bush in the reviewing stand.Ron Edmonds / AP ...
James Madison Sr., the father of the future U.S.4th president, and General Henry Knox convinced Washington to go, and at the meeting, Washington was named the president of the Convention and presided over the writing of theU.S. Constitution. ...
Washington cold and unfeeling, because of his silence and reserve. He was by nature a man of strong desires and stormy passions. Now and again he would break out, even as late as the presidency, into a gust of anger that would sweep everything before it. He was always reckless of ...