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GEORGE WASHINGTON

INMA MELLADO SANCHEZ


CARLOTA GARCIA RUIZ
2nd Year Bilingual Class.
Biography
 George Washington was the first President of the United
States of America.
 He was born on 22 February 1732 in Westmoreland
County, Virginia.
 He was educated at home by his father and his older
brother.
 He got married to Martha Dandridge Custis.
 He died on 14 December 1799.
Presidency
 The Electoral College elected Washington in
1789.
 The 1st United States Congress voted to pay
Washington a salary of $25,000 a year.
 He was a distinguished general and commander
in chief of the colonial armies in the American
Revolution.
Combats.
 French and Indian war.
 American Revolution, in August 1776,
British General William Howe launched a
massive naval and land campaign
designed to seize New York . Washington
won this war.

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