Título: George Washington
Seção: Early life (1732-1753)
Background: George Washington (February 22, 1732 - December 14, 1799) was an American statesman and soldier who served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He served as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and later presided over the 1787 convention that drafted the United States Constitution. As a driving force behind the nation's establishment he came to be known as the "father of the country," both during his lifetime and to this day. Washington was born into the provincial gentry of Colonial Virginia to a family of wealthy planters who owned tobacco plantations and slaves, which he inherited.

Conteúdo: George Washington was the first child of Augustine Washington and his second wife Mary Ball Washington, born on their Popes Creek Estate near Colonial Beach in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He was born on February 11, 1731, according to the Julian calendar and Annunciation Style of enumerating years then in use in the British Empire. The Gregorian calendar was adopted within the British Empire in 1752, and it renders a birth date of February 22, 1732.  Washington was of primarily English gentry descent, especially from Sulgrave, England. His great-grandfather John Washington immigrated to Virginia in 1656 and began accumulating land and slaves, as did his son Lawrence and his grandson, George's father Augustine. Augustine was a tobacco planter who also tried his hand at iron manufacturing, and later he was the Justice of the Westmoreland County Court. In Washington's youth, his family was moderately prosperous and considered members of Virginia's "country level gentry" of "middling rank," rather than one of the leading wealthy planter elite families. His wife Sally was also a friend of Washington and an early romantic interest, and maintained correspondence when she moved to England with her father, but most of the letters were intercepted by the British during the war.  Lawrence Washington inherited a plantation from their father on the Potomac River at Little Hunting Creek which he named Mount Vernon in honor of his commanding officer Vice Admiral Edward Vernon. Washington

user: Who were his parents?

assistant: Augustine Washington and his second wife Mary Ball Washington,

user: Where was he born?

assistant: born on their Popes Creek Estate near Colonial Beach in Westmoreland County, Virginia.

user: When was he born?

assistant: February 11, 1731,

user: Did he get an education?

assistant: The death of his father prevented Washington from an education at England's Appleby Grammar School such as his older brothers had received.

user: How did he start his career at a young age?

assistant: He was trained in mathematics, trigonometry, and surveying that developed a natural talent of draftsmanship and map making.

user: What did he do in his career when young?

assistant: In 1751, Washington traveled with Lawrence to Barbados (his only trip abroad) in the hope that the climate would be beneficial to Lawrence's declining health,

user: What was wrong with his health?

assistant: he was suffering from tuberculosis.

user: Did he get treatment?

assistant: Lawrence's health failed to improve, and he returned to Mount Vernon where he died