ASHLYN KONADU

GEORGE
WASHINGTON

ASHLYN S.

KONADU



LIFE AS A CHILD• GEORGE WASHINGTON
WAS BORN IN VIRGINIA IN
1732

• GEORGE WASHINGTON
GREW ON A FARM

• GEORGE WASHINGTON
AND HIS FAMILY WERE THE
RICHEST PLANTERS IN
VIRGINIA

• GEORGE WASHINGTON
MOSTLY STUDIED AT HOME



CAREER

• GEORGE WASHINGTON
FIRST JOB WAS AS A
SURVEYOR AT THE AGE OF
16

• HE WAS ALSO A
COMMANDER OF ALL
VIRGINIAN TROOPS

• THEN HE BECAME
PRESIDENT



PRESIDENCY

• GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

• IN 1789 GEORGE WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE
U.S.A.

• GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS PRESIDENT FOR 8
YEARS (1789-1797)

• GEORGE WASHINGTON REFUSED TO RUN FOR A
THIRD TERM

• GEORGE WASHINGTON ALSO PASSED THE BILL OF
RIGHTS



AMERICAN REVOLUTION

• THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR BEGAN
IN 1775

• 1774 AND1775 GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS
A MEMBER OF THE CONTINETAL CONGRESS

• GEORGE AND THE GROUP THAT HE LED
FOUGHT GREAT BRITAIN AND WON

• 1787 GEORGE WASHINGTON LED A GROUP
TO FORM THE U.S.A.



WIFE

• GEORGE WASHINTON MARRIED MARTHA
CURTIS IN 1759

• THEY BOTH HAD NO CHILDREN TOGETHER
• THEY BOTH LIVED AT GEORGES’

PLANTATION IN MOUNT VERNON



THE END OF HIS LIFE

• GEORGE WASHINGTON DIED IN 1799
• HE WAS REMEMBERED AS THE FATHER OF HIS

COUNTRY
• GEORGE WASHINGTON DIED WHEN HE

WAS 67



FUN FACTS

• GEORGE WAS THE ONLY PRESIDENT THAT
DIDN’T SLEEP IN THE WHITE HOUSE

• HE IS ALSO ON A QUARTER AND DOLLAR
BILL

• GEORGE WAS 6 FT. AND 2 INCH.



SOURCES

• BRITTANICA AND PEBBLE GO