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    George Washington: A Short Biography - First President of the United States
    George Washington: A Short Biography - First President of the United States
    George Washington: A Short Biography - First President of the United States
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    George Washington: A Short Biography - First President of the United States

    By Doug West

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    Do you want to learn about George Washington but don’t have the time or patience to read a thick book? Then this is the short and concise book for you!!

    George Washington, the revolutionary war hero, and first president of the United States has risen to the level of an American legend. This one-dimensional view of the “founding father” turns out to be short sighted. For this complex man of the soil from Virginia, though of limited formal education, would change the very destiny of nations. Few knew Washington as well as did his Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson, who wrote of Washington long after his death, “He was indeed, in every sense of the words, a wise, a good and a great man..” Just one of his many achievements would make him a notable American, but his accomplishments were many:
    -- Officer in the Virginia Militia during the opening battles of the French and Indian War.
    -- Top patriot leader in the Virginia House of Burgesses.
    -- Delegate from Virginia to the First Continental Congress.
    -- Commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
    -- President of the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
    -- First President of the United States. During his two terms he led the infant republic to form a stable federal government that has lasted over two centuries.

    The book “George Washington: A Short Biography” gives a crisp look at the life and times of the man George Washington. To illustrate the story of his life there are numerous pictures of the people, places, and events that were part of the life of the first president of the United States. In addition, the book contains: a list of reference books for further reading, a timeline of Washington’s life and events of that period of history, and a section that contains short biographical sketches of the key individuals in the book

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDoug West
    Release dateDec 7, 2020
    ISBN9780463721971
    George Washington: A Short Biography - First President of the United States
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    Doug West

    Doug West is a retired engineer, small business owner, and an experienced non-fiction writer with several books to his credit. His writing interests are general, with expertise in science, history, biographies, numismatics, and “How to” topics. Doug has a B.S. in Physics from the Missouri School of Science and Technology and a Ph.D. in General Engineering from Oklahoma State University. He lives with his wife and little dog “Millie” near Kansas City, Missouri.

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      George Washington - Doug West

      George Washington: A Short Biography

      First President of the United States

      By Doug West, Ph.D.

      C&D Publications

      George Washington: A Short Biography

      First President of the United States

      By Doug West, Ph.D.

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      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favorite ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Copyright © 2020 Doug West

      All Rights Reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without written permission from the publisher. Reviewers may quote brief passages in reviews.

      Table of Contents

      Preface

      Introduction

      Chapter 1 - Early Years

      Chapter 2 - The French and Indian War

      Chapter 3 – The Start of the American Revolution

      Chapter 4 - The American Revolutionary War

      Chapter 5 - The War Draws to a Close and the Birth of a New Nation

      Chapter 6 - The Presidency of George Washington

      Chapter 7 - Retirement and Legacy

      Timeline of George Washington’s Life

      Biographical Sketches

      Note on Dates

      References and Further Reading

      Acknowledgements

      About the Author

      Additional Books in the 30 Minute Book Series

      Preface

      Welcome to the book, George Washington: A Short Biography. This book is volume 50 of the 30 Minute Book Series, and as the name of the series implies, if you are an average reader this book should take less than an hour to read. Since this short book is not meant to be an all-encompassing biography of George Washington, you may want to know more about this historical leader. To help you with this, there are several good references at the end of this book. I have also provided a Timeline, in order to link together the important events in the life of George Washington, and a section titled Biographical Sketches, which includes brief biographies of some of the key individuals in the book.

      Thank you for purchasing this book. I hope you enjoy your time reading about the life and times of the first president of the United States.

      Doug West

      November 2020

      Introduction

      From the start of the eighteenth-century the French had built alliances with Indian tribes west of the Appalachian Mountains from New Orleans in the south to Quebec in the north. New France was sparsely populated with mostly French fur traders and a few French forts situated along the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes. While the French had laid claim to much of the heartland of North America, the Spanish held Florida and Mexico, with the British establishing colonies from Georgia to Maine along the Eastern Seaboard.

      Reverberations from the sporadic wars in Europe between France, Spain, and Britain were felt in the settlements of North America. In 1754, international tensions erupted in America’s Ohio Valley—land variously claimed by Virginians, Pennsylvanians, the French, and more than a dozen Indian tribes. It was into this volatile mix that a tall, muscular, and ambitious young Virginian named George Washington made his debut on the world stage.

      The man who is called the Father of America, George Washington, led an amazing life by any standard. Even if he had not become the first president of the United States, he would still rank as one of the most important people in the history the United States. Washington was born in the British colony of Virginia on a plantation in 1732. Little is known of his youth; however, we do know he received a minimal education and later learned the profession of a surveyor, which was a valuable skill in the expanding frontier of Virginia. A tall and muscular young man, Washington was a natural military leader in the Virginia militia, becoming a lieutenant colonel in the voluntary Virginia militia and participating

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