George Washington 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. His father died when he was eleven. He dropped out of school when he was 14 years old. He started to work when he was 17 years old and got his first land when he was 18 years old
He was an experienced military leader. In 1754, he fought the first skirmishes of what grew into the French and Indian War and commissioned a lieutenant colonel .
As commander in chief during the American Revolution, he built a large army, hel…
