George Washington
George Washington was born in Virginia in 1732. His father owned a plantation farm and he inherited it in 1753 when his elder brother died. Washington served in the British army from 1752 to 1758. He resigned from the army in 1758 and married a rich widow named Martha Dandridge and was elected to the Virginian Assembly. In 1774 he represented the Assembly in the Continental Congress. IN June 1775 when the Congress decided to form an army they chose him as its commander. The Americans were already besieging General Gage's troops in Boston. Washington set out to lead them but before they he had arrived the Americans were defeated
He governed for 8 years and he then retired to Mount Vernon where he died in 1799. In 1789 the Americans invited him to become the first president of the United States. The Americans captured a British army under Lord Cornwallis. It prevented the British from bringing guns, ammunition and fresh soldiers to equip the British in America. The French troops were useful but the navy was even more important. They had no choice but to surrender. Washington gave up commander of the army in 1783. In September 1776 the British captured New York and in 1777 they captured Philadalphia where the Congress met. On the 4 July 1776, the congress issued the Declaration of Independance. A French fleet arrived in the harbour and prevented them from escaping. On the 19 October 1781 the Americans accepted the British surrender and the British lost their 13 colonies. The British realised that they couldn't hold out and left Boston on the night of 17 March. When the French king, Louis XVI, heard of this he decided that the Americans might win.
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