Here is information that I found on George Washington and the websites where the information came from:
- George Washington was Born in 1732 into a Virginia planter family.
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/georgewashington
- he learned the morals, manners, and body of knowledge requisite for an 18th century Virginia gentleman.
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/georgewashington
- He pursued two intertwined interests: military arts and western expansion.
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/georgewashington
- From 1759 to the outbreak of the American Revolution, Washington managed his lands around Mount Vernon and served in the Virginia House of Burgesses.
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/georgewashington
- Married to a widow, Martha Dandridge Custis, he devoted himself to a busy and happy life. From 1759 to the outbreak of the American Revolution, Washington managed his lands around Mount Vernon and served in the Virginia House of Burgesses.
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/georgewashington
- When the Second Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia in May 1775, Washington, one of the Virginia delegates, was elected Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. On July 3, 1775, at Cambridge, Massachusetts, he took command of his ill-trained troops and embarked upon a war that was to last six grueling - -years.
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/georgewashington
- the Second Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia in May 1775, Washington, one of the Virginia delegates, was elected Commander in Chief of the Continental -Army.
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/georgewashington
- On April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took his oath of office as the first President of the United States.
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/georgewashington
- four bullets ripped his coat and two horses were shot from under him.
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/georgewashington
- he died of a throat infection December 14, 1799. For months the Nation mourned him.
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/georgewashington