George Washington is viewed as an amazing leader and the founder of our country. The only thing that irked me is the fact that he is given all the credit for a job that I am sure any other experienced army commander could have done. I believe that George Washington was just in the right place, at the right time. Also, Washington gets nothing but praise for climbing the ladder to earn the title of "Founder of Our Country", but in reality he climbed the ladder very haphazardly, he did all he could to get ahead, even if it meant doing some dishonorable things.
             You really can't look at George Washington's success in later years, without looking at what brought him to it, so a short look into his childhood will definitely suffice. George was born on February 22, 1732 on the Bridges Creek Plantation, which was later called Wakefield Plantation. George lived three years with his family at the Wakefield Plantation, and then they moved to a larger one on the Potomac called "Epsewasson". The family lived here for a few more years until they moved yet again to River Farm.
             George lived a very enjoyable life at River Farm. He was tutored at home, like most children whose families were "well off", and in his spare-time he would play with his brothers and ride horses. Unfortunately, George's happy and go-lucky life would hit its first, "bump in the road".
             At age eleven, George's father passed away. His estate was divided up between the eldest members of the family. Ferry Farm was left to Mary Washington, to be given to George when she died. Epsewasson went to his half brother Lawrence; Wakefield; was left to his other half brother, Augustine. After the death of his father George went to live at the Wakefield plantation with his brother in order to get formally schooled at Henry William's School. He was schooled there until he was fifteen; at that point George was...