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1、FromthewhitehouseGeorgeWashington(1st)OnApril30,1789,GeorgeWashington,standingonthebalconyofFederalHallonWallStreetinNewYork,tookhisoathofofficeasthefirstPresidentoftheUnitedStates."Asthefirstofeverything,inoursituationwillservetoestablishaPrecedent,"hewroteJamesMadison,
2、"itisdevoutlywishedonmypart,thattheseprecedentsmaybefixedontrueprinciples."Bornin1732intoaVirginiaplanterfamily,helearnedthemorals,manners,andbodyofknowledgerequisiteforan18thcenturyVirginiagentleman.Hepursuedtwointertwinedinterests:militaryartsandwesternexpansion.At16he
3、helpedsurveyShenandoahlandsforThomas,LordFairfax.Commissionedalieutenantcolonelin1754,hefoughtthefirstskirmishesofwhatgrewintotheFrenchandIndianWar.Thenextyear,asanaidetoGen.EdwardBraddock,heescapedinjuryalthoughfourbulletsrippedhiscoatandtwohorseswereshotfromunderhim.Fr
4、om1759totheoutbreakoftheAmericanRevolution,WashingtonmanagedhislandsaroundMountVernonandservedintheVirginiaHouseofBurgesses.Marriedtoawidow,MarthaDandridgeCustis,hedevotedhimselftoabusyandhappylife.Butlikehisfellowplanters,WashingtonfelthimselfexploitedbyBritishmerchants
5、andhamperedbyBritishregulations.Asthequarrelwiththemothercountrygrewacute,hemoderatelybutfirmlyvoicedhisresistancetotherestrictions.WhentheSecondContinentalCongressassembledinPhiladelphiainMay1775,Washington,oneoftheVirginiadelegates,waselectedCommanderinChiefoftheContin
6、entalArmy.OnJuly3,1775,atCambridge,Massachusetts,hetookcommandofhisill-trainedtroopsandembarkeduponawarthatwastolastsixgruelingyears.HerealizedearlythatthebeststrategywastoharasstheBritish.HereportedtoCongress,"weshouldonallOccasionsavoidageneralAction,orputanythingtothe
7、Risque,unlesscompelledbyanecessity,intowhichweoughtnevertobedrawn."EnsuingU.S.Presidents:UnitedinServiceTakealookatpresidentialbiographiesmadebykidsandvideosaboutservicefromthePresident'sCouncilonServiceandCivicParticipation.FirstPresident1789-1797Born:February22,1732inW
8、estmorelandCounty,VirginiaDied:December14,1799inMountVernon,VirginiaMarriedtoMarthaDandridgeWashingtonb
