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Term Paper Title	Washington Biography
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Washington Biography

George Washington was born in Virginia on Feb. 22, 1732 to Augustine Washington and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington. George spent his early years on the family estate on Pope's Creek along the Potomac River. His early education came by way of studying mathematics, surveying, the classics, and "rules of civility." His father died in 1743. This caused George to live with his half brother Lawrence at Mount Vernon, Lawrence's plantation on the Potomac. Lawrence became a substitute father for his brother, he'd married into the Fairfax family, prominent and influential Virginians who helped launch George's career. George wanted to go to sea, however, he was discouraged by his mother; Instead he turned to surveying. In 1748 he was appointed to survey Lord Fairfax's lands in the Shenandoah Valley. He helped lay out the Virginia town of Belhaven (now Alexandria) in 1749 and was appointed surveyor for Culpeper County. George accompanied his brother to Barbados in an effort to cure Lawrence of tuberculosis, but Lawrence died in 1752 after returning to America. George inherited the Mount Vernon estate.
     Washington first gained public notice in October 1753 when he was dispatched by Gov. Robert Dinwiddie to warn the French commander at Fort
Le Boeuf against further encroachment on territory claimed by Britain. Washington at the age of 22, was promoted to lieutenant colonel. Although he lacked experience, he learned quickly, and dealt with the problems of recruitment, supply, and desertions. This helped him earn respect from his superiors.
          In April 1754, on his way to establish a post at the Forks of the Ohio      (the current site of Pittsburgh), Washington learned that the French had   already erected a fort there. Warned that the French were advancing, he quickly threw up fortifications at Great Meadows, Pa., and named it, Fort Necessity. Then he marched to intercept advancing French troops. In the resulting skirmish the French commander the sieur  de Jumonville was killed and most of his men were captured. Washington  pulled his small force back into Fort Necessity, where on July 3 he was overwhelmed by the French in an all-day battle fought in the
rain. Surrounded by enemy troops, with his food supply almost exhausted and his dampened ammunition useless, Washington surrendered. Under the terms of the surrender signed that day, he was permitted to march his troops back to Williamsburg.
      Discouraged by his defeat and angere...

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