Washington was very brave as a boy. One day, his father gave him a small axe. It was brand new and small and sharp. Little Washington was very happy. He thought, "If my father's big axe can cut down big trees, can my little axe cut down small trees? I'm going to try it.
He saw a cherry tree at the edge of the garden, and the breeze was blowing it around as if it were beckoning to him, "Come on, Little Washington, try your little axe on me!" Little Washington ran over happily and raised his little axe to the cherry tree.
One blow, two blows ...... and the cherry tree fell to the ground. He used the little axe again to cut away the branches and leaves of the little tree, and put the little stick of the tree between his legs, and with one hand holding up the little axe and the other holding the little stick of the tree, he played a game of horseback riding and fighting in the garden.
His father came home and was very angry when he saw the little tree that had been cut down, for the cherry tree had cost a great deal of money to buy and was Washington's father's favorite tree.
Washington saw that his father was very angry, although he was afraid that he would be punished, but he still had the courage to tell his father: "Dad, I cut down the cherry tree! I just wanted to try if the axe you gave me was sharp."
His father saw that Washington had the courage to admit his mistake, and instead of punishing him, he praised him greatly: "Good boy, your honesty is a great comfort to me, because even 10,000 cherry trees are not as good as an honest boy!"
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George Washington was born in 1732 at Wakefield Manor in Virginia, USA. He was the son of a wealthy plantation owner. His father, Augustine Washington, died when he was 11 years old.
Leaving an inheritance to seven children, including George Washington, and his wife, Mary Ball Washington. At an early age, Washington received the equivalent of an elementary school-level education. He failed to take a classical course.?
Under his mother's strict discipline, he mastered techniques such as land surveying and livestock raising, and learned to use his skills to earn money.
In 1751, at the age of 19, he took the only trip of his life abroad.
Unfortunately, he contracted smallpox, but in doing so gained immunity to it. The following year, Washington inherited another sizable fortune, including his brother's Mount Vernon estate.
In 1753, at the age of 22, Washington inadvertently became one of the triggers of the French and Indian War.
This was the year the French began building many forts in the Ohio Country, then part of Virginia territory, as part of their strategy.
On Jan. 6, 1759, 26-year-old Washington married 27-year-old widow Martha Dandridge, also known as Martha Washington, at the woman's home, White Manor on the Pamunkey River northwest of Williamsburg.
Martha already had two children at the time.
Martha was born in New Kent County, Virginia, on June 21, 1731, the daughter of John Dandridge, a plantation owner, and Frances Jones Dandridge.
Martha was a small, pleasant-faced woman who could not be described as having a brilliant mind, but was practical and down-to-earth.At the age of 18, she married Daniel Parke Custis, a prominent plantation owner of 17,000 acres of land... -married.
Four children were born, two of whom died young, and when her husband died intestate in 1757, Martha became the ideal marriage partner for a wealthy Virginian.
Washington may have been previously acquainted with Martha and her husband.In March 1758, he visited White Manor twice. By the time he left the second time, he may have been engaged to Martha, or at least she had agreed to consider his proposal.
They were married with great pomp and ceremony, the groom wearing a blue and silver gown with red trim and gold buckles. The Rev. Peter Morsom pronounced the two men husband and wife, and after spending a few weeks on their honeymoon at White Manor, the pair began life at Mount Vernon Lodge in Washington.
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