George Washington: doplňování členů

GEORGE WASHINGTON

George Washington is ________________________________ (1) much-admired person in many respects.As ________________________________ (2) first president of ________________________________ (3) United States,he set the course upon which ________________________________ (4) current three-branch system of federal government is based.George Washington is perhaps ________________________________ (5) one person who can most claim ________________________________ (6) title of Founding Father.

George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 in Virginia. During his youth, ________________________________ (7) British Empire ruled the 13 colonies. Despite what you might assume, he was hardly ________________________________ (8) revolutionary and his stated goal was to become ________________________________ (9) officer in ________________________________ (10) British Army! Obviously, that goal never came to fruition.

In 1775, ________________________________ (11) colonies formed a Continental Congress to address ________________________________ (12) conflict with the British. George Washington was elected Commander of all colonial forces. War had already broken out in ________________________________ (13) Massachusetts.

Facing ________________________________ (14) total defeat and ________________________________ (15) lack of money, George Washington did ________________________________ (16) amazing thing. He rallied his ragtag colonial forces and paid their wages out of his own finances. By ________________________________ (17) late December of 1776, the colonial forces were starting to turn the tide against the British. After ________________________________ (18) more victories in 1777, the French offered their support. It took ________________________________ (19) few years to arrive, but Washington was eventually able to completely defeat the British.In 1781, the British surrendered much of ________________________________ (20) east coast. In 1783, ________________________________ (21) treaty was signed granting ________________________________ (22) colonies their independence. On February 4, 1789, George Washington was elected ________________________________ (23) President.in 1799, he died of ________________________________ (24) pneumonia on his Virginia plantation.

Adapted from an article written by Richard Monk

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