George Washington's Impact

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Every war has an effect on the surrounding land. A prime example of this is the United States in the 18th century. When Europeans came to the Americas, it did not take long for settlers to claim much land for their countries. After claiming much of the land, Britain, was still hungry for more, so they began to push west of the Ohio Valley into the French land. As one can probably imagine, the French was not going to let Britain claim their land without putting up a fight. This fight resulted in the French and Indian War. The British sent troops to attack French colonies, they made it unable for the French to trade overseas, and they also made multiple negotiations, one of which, The Treaty of Paris, finally went through to the French and they …show more content…

He fought exclusively for the rights of the colonists and was a major component of the Revolutionary War ("Miller Center"). George Washington was very well known and had a great reputation, in which he earned from only 2 wars. He was a major leader of rebel militias that were in allied with France against Britain. Because Washington was the first major leader of the rebels, he was the leader of the first anticolonial war that was a success against colonization, this gave him much fame. Within the Revolutionary War, his main goal was to spread terror to make natives fear him and make them choose to either attack the British or “leave their families exposed” (Marrin 60). Washington was looked up to by many, by the great example that he lived by. A colonist commented, “fire at him no more; see ye not that the Great Spirit protects that chief. He cannot die in battle” because no matter how fearful he was of the war he would never show it, but he would continue leading strongly (Marrin 54). Not only was he successful when fighting for colonization, he also was a huge reason the Americas gained independence and were able to create a government or Constitution, in which he also helped to create. Washington became well known because of his work with the military. His fame helped him later in life with his help in shaping the United States (Marrin 10). Washington was elected the president of a group of men who ended up writing the Constitution for the United States and later was the first president of this new nation. People now not only knew him for the work he did in the military, but also for becoming the president and leader of the country ("George

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