George Washington

George Washington and the Revolution

George Washington was a part of God's plan for a new country. What he did influenced what America has become. He laid the foundation for presidents to come, and built this country on solid Christian principles.

George Washington was born February 22, 1732. His family lived on a few farms on the Potomac River. George was a strong boy. He could ride a horse and shoot a gun by age 10.

When George was ten his older brother Lawrence came home from Europe where he was being educated. George liked Lawrence and Lawrence liked George. They had many good times together.

When George was 11 his father died, then 9 years later Lawrence died. These were very hard times for George.

When George was old enough he became a soldier. George fought in the French and Indian war. George was a brave soldier and was greatly respected.

After the British won the French and Indian war, they made new laws for the colonists. The colonists did not like the new laws so they started to revolt against them, which was the precursor to the Revolutionary war.

The battle of Lexington started when a British general found out that some colonists had guns. He took a group of soldiers to take the guns, but the colonists fought back.

The colonists needed a general. They wanted to have an organized army to fight against the British. They remembered the bravery of George Washington during the French and Indian war. Congress requested the help of George Washington.

In 1775, Washington was appointed General of the colonial army. Washington's army was a strange one. There were few guns and little gunpowder for the soldiers to use. Some of his soldiers were wearing British u...

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...ound Cornwallis at Yorktown in Chesapeake Bay with the help of French warships. Washington's plan worked and General Cornwallis walked right into the trap. General Cornwallis put up a good fight but he and his troops were trapped. The British surrendered and Washington's army was victorious. The end was near! After this victory, the British lost the will to fight. There were peace talks in Paris starting in April of 1782 and ending with the signing of the final treaty on September 3, 1783.

It was eight and a half years after the start of the war that the scraggly, ragtag, ill fed, under supplied army freed a nation.

After the war, Washington retired to Mount Vernon and later became the president of the United States of America.

George Washington was a great man. In his lifetime, he was a soldier, a general and a great president for a new country.