George Washington was born on February 22, 1732, at his family’s plantation on Pope’s Creek in Westmoreland County, in the British colony of Virginia, to Augustine Washington (1694-1743) and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington (1708-89). Less than three years after leaving office, he died at his Virginia plantation, Mount Vernon, at age 67.Įxplore George Washington's life in our interactive timeline George Washington's Early Years Realizing that the way he handled the job would impact how future presidents approached the position, he handed down a legacy of strength, integrity and national purpose. Two years later, Washington became America’s first president. In 1787, he was elected president of the convention that wrote the U.S. During the American Revolution, he led the colonial forces to victory over the British and became a national hero. As a young man, he worked as a surveyor then fought in the French and Indian War (1754-63). The son of a prosperous planter, Washington was raised in colonial Virginia. George Washington (1732-99) was commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War (1775-83) and served two terms as the first U.S. George Washington’s Retirement to Mount Vernon and Death.George Washington During the American Revolution.
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