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= media type="custom" key="9233542" = = = = = = The Virginia Gazette = In the French and Indian War, George Washington fought for the British army. George Washington thought that the British weren’t treating the Americans fairly. A few years later, the Continental Congress declared freedom. George Washington was put in charge of the Continental Army against the British. In the Continental Army there were about 20,000 men. In Paris on September 3, 1783 a treaty was signed ending the war, which was called the Treaty of Paris. In 1787, Washington went to Pennsylvania to help write the constitution. During the election, for president everyone who voted in every state voted for George Washington. Washington did not want to depend on the countries in Europe for food and goods. Washington traveled to every state because he wanted every state to feel important.

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Starting a New Government
George Washington made Alexander Hamilton in charge of the governments money, and made Thomas Jefferson Secretary of State. The border of the United States and the Native American territory went as far as Ohio and the Americans that lived in Ohio often fought with the Indians. George Washington put general Anthony Wayne in charge of the soldiers. Washington put tax on whiskey. Most farmers thought this was unfair. Some farmers attacked the tax collectors and one tax collector’s house was burnt. After the revolutionary war there were still some British troops south of the great lakes. When a war was going on in France George Washington did not want American troops helping.

George Washington returned to mount Vernon and died in 1799. George Washington is remembered as the Father of our Country.

 Draper, Allison Stark, __George Washington Elected__. New York, NY, Powerkids press, 2001

