George Washington, Determining Factor Of Us Over British
George Washington: The Determining Factor for the American’s Win Over the British
George Washington, in my mind, was the largest determining factor in the American’s defeat against the overpowering British reign. His leadership, patience, self-discipline, organizing ability, hard work ethics, faith in the eventual success of the struggling fight for independence, and unwillingness to give up; is what made him a great man for the job to be the leader of the Continental Army (Jones 91). He was without a doubt one of the worst strategically minded people to lead an army, but he had generals that he chose and knew that helped him out a lot with that (Jones 89).
Washington was born on February 22, 1732, on a small farmhouse near the Potomac River in Virginia. His father, Augustus, owned a line of plantations making tobacco. So that meant Washington grew up in a very financially stable family. At a young age of 12 Washington had to run one of his father’s plantations because his father died, which was not uncommon at that time (Davis 12). With taking this job, he had to watch over about 50 slaves and a good amount of land at a very young age. This could have been some reasoning why Washington was a very good leader and knew how to give orders. Although running a plantation could help him with leadership, he didn’t get the best education that he could have gotten. He only got elementary schooling but he was a very good student in math (Jones 3). Therefore he went on to further education in mathematics, which would sooner help him with surveying.
Washington’s job as a surveyor would help him no the lands he was treading when he would soon become the leader of the Continental Army, he also made good money (Jones 7).
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