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George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 in Westmoreland, VA. He was the first son of Augustine Washington and Mary Ball Washington. George Washington's father died in 1743 after that he moved to Mount Vernon with his brother. When he wanted to go out to sea his mother had discouraged him so instead he turned to surveying. Later on his brother had died and he inherited Mount Vernon.
In April 1754, George was on his way to establish a post at Forks of the Ohio, That's when he learned that the French had already made a fort there. He heard that the French were advancing so he hurried and put a fort together in Pennsylvania. Washington would later on lose that battle with the French. In 1755 at the age of 23 he was promoted to colonel and appointed commander in chief of the Virginia militia. Assuming that the Virginia Fort was safe from a French attack he left the army in 1758 and went back to Mount Vernon, focusing his attention on restoring his neglected estate. With the......

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