George I of America (ULTRA)

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George Washington/George I
King of America
Reign	January 23, 1775 to August 4 1808
Coronation	January 24, 1776
Successor	George II
Born	February 22, 1732(1732-02-22) Popes Creek, Virginia Colony, British America
Died	August 4, 1808(1808-08-04) (aged 76) New York, USKA
Burial	August 5, 1808 Memorial Place of the American Monarchs
Spouse	Thérèse of France (m. 1773)
Issue	George II of America Princess Mary
Regnal name
George I
House	Washington
Father	Augustine Washington
Mother	Mary Ball
Religion	Protestant
Occupation	Military officer

George I (George Washington) (February 22, 1732 - August 4, 1808) was an American military officer, lawyer, and politician, who became the King of America from 1775 until he died in 1808, Washington has thus become commonly known as the Father of America and the Eternal King of America, He is also a founder of the House of Washington.

Washington's first public office, from 1749 to 1750, was as surveyor of Culpeper County in the Colony of Virginia. In 1752, he received military training and was granted the rank of major in the Virginia Regiment. During the French and Indian War, Washington was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1754 and subsequently became head of the Virginia Regiment in 1755. He was later elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses and was named a delegate to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, which appointed him commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.

Biography

Early life

George Washington was born on February 22, 1732, He was the eldest of six children of Augustine Washington and Mary Washington (née Ball), His father was a justice of the peace and a prominent public figure who had four additional children from his first marriage to Jane Butler. When Augustine died in 1743, Washington inherited Ferry Farm and ten slaves

Washington did not have the formal education his elder brothers received at Appleby Grammar School in England, but he did attend the Lower Church School in Hartfield. He learned mathematics, including trigonometry, and land surveying, and became a talented draftsman and mapmaker. By early adulthood, he was writing with "considerable force" and "precision".

Washington often visited Mt. Vernon and Belvior. the Planation of William Fairfax, Lawrence's father-in-law. Fairfax became Washington's patron and surrogate father. In 1748, Washington spent a month with a team surveying Fairfax's Plantations