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George Washington 张坚何坤 The father of the USA Contents 1 Brief person description 2 Life time 3 Motto 4 Achievement and Evaluation Name：George Washington Birth place：Virginia弗吉尼亚州 Time：1732-1799 Accomplishment ：The first president of American Brief person description Life time B French and Indian War (1754–1758) C Between the wars: Mount Vernon (1759–1774) E Constitutional Convention D American Revolution (1775–1783) A Early life (1732–1753 G Retirement (1797–1799) F Presidency (1789–1797) H Death Early life He was born in 1732 into a Virginia planter family, he learned the morals, manners, and body of knowledge requisite for an 18th century Virginia gentleman. There is a well known story about honesty. Washington cut down his father‘s cherry tree, George, said his father ,“ do you know who has killed my beautiful little cherry tree ?This was a hard question to answer , and for a moment George was staggered by it , but quickly recovering himself he cried :“ I cannot tell a lie , father , you know I cannot tell a lie ! I did cut it with my little hatchet. He was Commissioned a lieutenant colonel in 1754, he fought the first skirmishes of what grew into the French and Indian War PS:法印战争是由土地控制权引起的，是一场英国和法国在北美大陆争霸的战争，印地安人在这场战争中与法国结盟，最终法国战败，确认了英国在北美东半部的控制地位 French and Indian War (1754–1758) From 1759 to the outbreak of the American Revolution, Washington managed his lands around Mount Vernon and served in the Virginia House of Burgesses. Married to a widow, Martha Dandridge Custis , he devoted himself to a busy and happy life. But like his fellow planters, Washington felt himself exploited by British merchants and hampered by British regulations. As the quarrel with the mother country grew acute, he moderately but firmly voiced his resistance to the restrictions. Between the wars: Mount Vernon (1759–1774) American Revolution(1775–1783) Washington was a delegate to the First Continental Congress, which was created by the Thirteen Colonies to respo