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He was born into a wealthy farming family -
He was born in Virginia -
He was a land surveyor before he joined the military -
He joined the militia -
He fought in the French Indian War as a general -
He joined the house of Burgesses -
He was very inspirational during the Revolutionary War -
He was elected commander in chief for the revolutionary war -
He won the battle of Yorktown which won America the war -
He signed the constitution -
He was elected president -
He stepped out of office after 2 terms even though he could have been in office for longer -
A lot of people looked up to him and wanted him to become king at the end of his 2 terms -
He had slaves, he wasn’t very happy about slavery and thought that it was not right, he wanted to end it but feared that it would divide the country, he freed his slaves when he died. -
His Virginia manor is still standing and it is a tourist attraction and everything has been preserved