Activities of George Washington, President of USA,  Lesson for Kids

George Washington was the first President of the United States of America. Born on the 11^th of February in 1731, he lived up till 67 years of age, dying on the 14^th of December in 1799. However, apart from being the first President of the United States, George Washington also has a number of other credits to his name; he was the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army during the famous Revolutionary War of America, and perhaps the biggest credit to his name is the fact that he was one of the founding fathers of the United States of America. George Washington was one of the presiding figures over the convention that was put in charge of drafting the Constitution of the United States, which substituted the Articles of Confederation and to this day, remains the supreme law of the land.

George Washington was born in to one of the rich families, or the provincial gentry as it was called at the time, in Colonial Virginia. His family was wealthy enough; they owned plantations of tobacco as well as hundreds of slaves, all of whom were inherited by Washington himself. Throughout his lifetime, George Washington owned hundreds of slaves, however with the passage of time, his views of slavery began to evolve, and his desire to free the slaves and abolish slavery altogether began to increase. Mr. Washington was very young when his father, as well as his older brother, died. After their death, Washington became quite attached to the powerful and influential William Fairfax, who furthered Washington’s career as a soldier, as well as a surveyor. During the first phases of the Indo- French War, George Washington rose through the ranks to quickly gain the position of a senior officer.

He was chosen in 1775 to be the commander in chief of the Continental Army, and his heroics led him to victory in Boston, where the Continental Army managed to drive out the British in 1776. He was defeated a year later, and was almost captured as the British gained control of New York City. However, George Washington was a resolute man. He was not going to give up. With his army, they crossed the Delaware River in the dead of winter, and managed to defeat the British in a couple of defining battles, which led to the reclamation of New Jersey, and also provided much needed momentum to the cause of the Patriots.

His strategies also led to the capture of Saratoga and Yorktown in 1777 and 1781 respectively. Washington held belief of a great nation that would be setup on republican lines using federal power. Throughout history, George Washington has been ranked as one of the top three presidents to have ever ruled the nation, and perhaps the Washington Monument shows the amount of dedication and devotion which he committed to the cause of the United States of America. George Washington’s heroics made America, which was once a dream, a reality for millions of people, and made it the great nation that it is today.