Mr. George Washington

          In February 22^nd, 1732, George Washington was born in Virginia. He was born in an English family because at the time there was no United States. George had three brothers and one sister. His family was very wealthy. His dad even owned 10,000 acres.

George was a strong man. Once he was watching a wrestling championship and somebody won. When the person won, George challenged the champion and George defeated him.

          Washington wanted to fight in the army. Once he decided to join the English navy, but thankfully he decided not to do so. In 1754, he joined the English in the French and Indian War. This war was caused by the French and Indians claiming the Ohio Valley and The English wanted to take it.  In 1758 the war stopped. In the next year he married Martha Washington.

          George didn’t like America being ruled by the English. The English put high taxes on Americans and gave them less freedom. The Americans wanted freedom. So in 1775 George Washington became a commander of the American army. In 1776 the revolution began. The American didn’t do well in the war, at first. The Americans weren’t good at fighting. They were fighting against the strongest army in the world at the time. 

          The Americans thought they wouldn’t win. They were losing battle after battle. Washington wanted to encourage them. So on the night of December 24^th, George and the army had a plan. They planned to cross the Delaware River, march to Trenton and capture the Hessians while they’re celebrating Christmas. Hessians were Germans fighting with the English.

          Soon enough, the plan took place. In December 25^th, 1776, they crossed the Delaware and marched to Trenton. The Hessians were celebrating Christmas. The commander of the army was named Rall. Rall really liked playing cards and drinking. While the American army was marching to Trenton, he was just playing cards.  While he was playing, he was handed a note. The note actually said to watch out for George but he was having too much fun so he didn’t even read the note. Sure enough, the next day, all the 500 hessians were captured by the Americans. After this, there was more hope of winning the war.

          In 1783 the French joined the Americans and the British surrendered. America won the war.

          In 1789, George was elected as our first president. Everybody thought he was going to be a king. When George was called king, he got mad and said that he was not a king, he was a president. On December 14^th, 1799, he died at his house.