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第01任总统 乔治华盛顿

George Washington was the first President of the USA and is consistently voted as one its top five leaders.

He was born in 1732 in Virginia.

His family were well off and owned a plantation.

Growing up, he learned the morals, manners, and knowledge necessary for an 18th-century Virginia gentleman.

He was greatly interested in two things while he grew up: military arts and western expansion.

In 1754, at the age of 22, he became a lieutenant colonel in the Army.

He fought in the first skirmishes of what grew into the French and Indian War.

The following year he escaped injury in battle although four bullets ripped his coat and two horses were shot from under him.

His military experience taught him valuable lessons in leadership he would use later in his political life.

From 1759 to the outbreak of the American Revolution, Washington managed his lands.

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