George Washington | 3 Minute Innovative History

George Washington American Hero veteran of the French and Indian Wars and the Revolutionary War and the first President of the United States Washington was born in 1732 and since then history has turned him into nothing short of an American legend okay so maybe he didn't have a pet eagle one legend that may have been true suggest the young Washington chopped down his father's fries cherry we felt so guilty after hemings's the immediately went and told his father of his daily feed true or not we know that Washington grew into a manages earning a reputation of courage after fighting alongside the British against French and native horses and remaining cool under fire it's only a little experience commanding force larger than about a thousand men in 1775 Washington took over the American army by December 1776 the Army was struggling he needed a way to motivate rooms Washington across the Delaware British troops who were hunkering down in Trenton New Jersey he surrounded the enemy troops captured over a thousand men and then marched him through the city of Philadelphia the surprise attack worked it was exactly what the American army needed in order to turn the tide of the war you may have noticed the odd plaque in the battle scene what many don't know that these weren't British regulars they weren't British at all you see Britain had hired almost thirty to forty thousand of these troops from modern-day Germany about twelve thousand came from the state of pest the colonists were extremely angry by the fact that British were bringing in foreigners to fight their war Washington showed his political and military prowess by capturing these troops and then marching him through the town by doing so he routed the colonists were then ready to sign up for the war these new recruits washington's much-needed boost step morale in the eventual arrival of French reinforcements were all to the Continental Army needed in order to defeat the British surrendered to George Washington in 1783 almost eight years from the start of the revolution after a failed attempt to run the government based on the Articles of Confederation Washington was elected as president in 1789 some suggest the presidency was created for George himself but even George stepped down after two terms he retired to his home in Mount Vernon and after fighting for America's freedom he even became an abolitionist setting his own slaves free after his death