Washington did not have a formal education. Instead of going to college, Ellis says, Washington went to war. He fought against the French and Indians as a British Army officer.
His father died when George was 11 years old. As a boy, he
learned reading, writing and math. Then he worked as a land
surveyor in weph Ellis points out that
THANK YOU
Benjamin Latrobe's "A View of Mount Vernon with the Washington Family" (Courtesy of George Washington's Mount Vernon)
As a president
Washington was sworn in as president in
Revolutionary War, General Washington returned his sword. And at the end of his administration, President Washington simply returned home. Washington was essential to the American experiment in selfgovernment. He made ideas about American freedom real, and he showed that even the president would operate under the rule of law.
George Washington
The President Who Did Not Want to Be President
-----by Beem
As a young man
George Washington was born in 1732 in the colony of Virginia.
(Courtesy of George Washington's Mount Vernon)
Washington's legacy
Historian Joseph Ellis says one of the best things about George
Washington was his ability to give up power. At the end of the
1789. At the time, a truly united states
was still just an idea. Americans were
unconnected groups. They came from
different countries, had different religions, and spoke different languages. For example, a quarter of the people in the state of Pennsylvania spoke only German.