Outline of George Washington

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== Military career of George Washington == Military career of George Washington * Colonel, Virginia militia * French and Indian War ** George Washington in the French and Indian War *** Lieutenant colonel, Virginia Regiment – Washington's first military commission *** Battle of Jumonville Glen *** Battle of Fort Necessity – Washington's first military battle experience **** Fort Necessity National Battlefield *** Braddock Expedition *** Battle of the Monongahela *** Forbes Expedition * American Revolutionary War ''(outline)'' ''(timeline)'' ** George Washington in the American Revolution *** Commander-in-Chief/Commanding General, Continental Army **** Commander-in-Chief's Guard **** Knowlton's Rangers – An espionage detachment of the Continental Army established by George Washington. *** Boston campaign **** Siege of Boston *** New York and New Jersey campaign **** Landing at Kip's Bay **** Battle of Long Island **** Battle of Harlem Heights – Washington's first battlefield success of the Revolutionary War. **** Battle of White Plains **** Battle of Fort Washington **** Battle of Fort Lee **** Crossing of the Delaware River **** Battle of Trenton **** Battle of the Assunpink Creek **** Battle of Princeton **** Forage War *** Philadelphia campaign **** Battle of Brandywine **** Battle of the Clouds **** Battle of Germantown **** Battle of White Marsh **** Valley Forge **** Conway Cabal **** Battle of Monmouth *** Battles of Saratoga *** Yorktown campaign **** Siege of Yorktown *** Asgill Affair *** Newburgh Conspiracy **** Newburgh letter **** Newburgh address *** Evacuation Day *** George Washington's resignation as commander-in-chief **** Fraunces Tavern *** Established the Badge of Military Merit **** Purple Heart *** Culper spy ring *** Washington's Aides-de-Camp **** Alexander Hamilton **** John Laurens **** John Trumbull *** Washington's Headquarters during the Revolutionary War **** Cumberland, Maryland **** Morristown **** Ford Mansion *** Washington's tent *** Washington's horses **** Nelson **** Blueskin * Northwest Indian War * Whiskey Rebellion * Quasi-War ** Lieutenant General, United States Army * General of the Armies – promoted posthumously in 1976 by Congress<ref>* {{cite book|last=Bell|first=William Gardner|title=Commanding Generals and Chiefs of Staff, 1775–2005: Portraits & Biographical Sketches of the United States Army's Senior Officer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1cDYW2YxLfkC|year=1992|orig-year=1983|publisher=Center of Military History, United States Army|isbn=9780160359125|pages=52, 66}}</ref><ref name=Army_1978>{{cite magazine|title=Washington is Now No. 1: The Story Behind a Promotion|first=Brooks E.|last=Kleber|magazine=Army|date=June 1978|pages=14–15|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZCxEAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA3-PA14|access-date=June 13, 2024|archive-date=February 27, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227203247/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZCxEAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA3-PA14#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Political career of George Washington ==

=== Political philosophy and views of George Washington === {{Further|George Washington's political evolution}}

* Religious views of George Washington * George Washington and slavery

=== Electoral history of George Washington === Electoral history of George Washington * 1788–89 United States presidential election * 1792 United States presidential election * 1796 United States presidential election – Two electors voted for him despite Washington not campaigning and retiring after two terms

=== Washington's role in the founding of the United States === {{See also|#Military career of George Washington}} Founding Fathers of the United States * 1769 Virginia Association * 1774 Fairfax Resolves * First Continental Congress * Continental Association * Second Virginia Convention * Second Continental Congress * 1785 Mount Vernon Conference * Chairman of the 1787 Constitutional Convention * Court of Appeals in Cases of Capture

=== Presidency of George Washington === {{Infobox U.S. Cabinet |align=right |Name=Washington |President=George Washington |President start=1789 |President end=1797 |Vice President=John Adams |Vice President start=1789 |Vice President end=1797 |State=John Jay |State start=1789 |State end=1790 |State 2=Thomas Jefferson |State start 2=1790 |State end 2=1793 |State 3=Edmund Randolph |State start 3=1794 |State end 3=1795 |State 4=Timothy Pickering |State start 4=1795 |State end 4=1797 |Treasury=Alexander Hamilton |Treasury start=1789 |Treasury end=1795 |Treasury 2=Oliver Wolcott Jr. |Treasury start 2=1795 |Treasury end 2=1797 |War=Henry Knox |War start=1789 |War end=1794 |War 2=Timothy Pickering |War start 2=1794 |War end 2=1796 |War 3=James McHenry |War start 3=1796 |War end 3=1797 |Justice=Edmund Randolph |Justice start=1789 |Justice end=1794 |Justice 2=William Bradford |Justice start 2=1794 |Justice end 2=1795 |Justice 3=Charles Lee |Justice start 3=1795 |Justice end 3=1797 }}

Presidency of George Washington ''(timeline)'' ==== Events during George Washington's presidency ====  * First inauguration of George Washington ** George Washington's reception at Trenton – during his journey to the first inauguration ** Inaugural bible ** Robert R. Livingston – lawyer, administered the oath of office * Title of "Mr. President" * Washington's cabinet ** Cabinet of the United States *** Secretary of State *** Attorney General *** Secretary of the Treasury *** Secretary of War * Established the Department of Foreign Affairs (later renamed the Department of State), Department of War, Department of the Treasury * Helped charter the First Bank of the United States * Second inauguration of George Washington ** William Cushing – associate Supreme Court justice, administered the oath of office * United States Capitol cornerstone laying * List of federal judges appointed by George Washington * People pardoned or granted clemency by George Washington

===== Legislation passed ===== * An Act to regulate the Time and Manner of administering certain Oaths * Tariff of 1789 * Regulation of the Collection of Duties on Tonnage and Merchandise, which established the United States Customs Service * Judiciary Act of 1789, which established the federal judiciary and the office of Attorney General * Thanksgiving Proclamation * Naturalization Act of 1790 * Patent Act of 1790 * Crimes Act of 1790 * Copyright Act of 1790 * Residence Act, a part of the Compromise of 1790, it established Washington D.C. as the seat of government of the United States * Nonintercourse Act, the first of six statues for regulating commerce with Indigenous tribes * Funding Act of 1790, a part of the Compromise of 1790, it authorized the assumption of state debt * Collection of Duties Act, which established the United States Revenue Cutter Service (which was later merged with the United States Life-Saving Service to form the United States Coast Guard) * Tariff of 1790 * Tariff of 1791, which led to the Whiskey Rebellion ** Militia Acts of 1792 * Coinage Act of 1792 ** United States Mint * Slave Trade Act of 1794 * Proclamation of Neutrality ** Neutrality Act of 1794 * Jay Treaty * Pinckney's Treaty

=== Post-presidency of George Washington === {{See also|Finances of George Washington}} Post-presidency of George Washington * Quasi-War

== Personal life of George Washington == * Religious views of George Washington * George Washington and slavery * Coat of arms of the Washington family === Family of George Washington === [[File:COA George Washington.svg|thumb|Coat of arms of the Washington family]] Washington family * George Reade (colonial governor) – great-great grandfather * Lawrence Washington (1602–1653) – great grandfather * John Washington – great-grandfather * Lawrence Washington (1659–1698) – grandfather * Mildred Gale – grandmother * Augustine Washington – father * Mary Ball – mother * Martha Dandridge Custis Washington – wife * Samuel Washington – brother * John A. Washington – brother * Charles Washington – brother * Betty Washington Lewis – sister * Lawrence Washington (1718–1752) – half-brother * Bushrod Washington – nephew * Lawrence Augustine Washington (1774–1824) – nephew * Augustine Washington Jr. – half-brother * John Parke Custis – stepson * George Washington Parke Custis – step-grandson, adopted son * Eleanor Parke Custis – step-granddaughter, adopted daughter [[File:WestFrontMansionMountVernon.jpg|thumb|Mount Vernon, former residence and plantation of George Washington]]

=== Homes and places === * Early life * Birthplace * Ferry Farm boyhood home * 1751 Barbados trip * River Farm – acquired in 1960<ref>{{cite web |title=River Farm History |url=https://ahsgardening.org/about-river-farm/history/ |website=ahsgardening.org |date=October 2019 |access-date=7 December 2024}}</ref> * Mount Vernon – inherited remainder interest from Lawrence Washington in 1752,<ref>{{cite book|last=Burian|first=A. Ward|title=George Washington's Legacy of Leadership|publisher=Morgan James Publishing|date=1 April 2007|pages=19–20|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HTsq0_bZpEQC&q=Lawrence%27s+widow%2C+Anne+Fairfax%2C+promptly+remarried+into&pg=PA19|isbn=978-1-60037-161-5}}</ref> became sole owner in 1761<ref>{{cite book|last=Greenberg|first=Allen|title=George Washington, architect|publisher=Andreas Papadakis Publishers|date=May 1999|page=8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=70T9jZwbAY8C&q=George+washington+purchased+mount+vernon+from+Anne+Fairfax&pg=PA8|isbn=978-1-901092-18-9}}</ref> ** Fishery ** Gristmill ** Woodlawn Plantation ** Whiskey distillery * Samuel Osgood House, First Presidential Mansion * Alexander Macomb House, Second Presidential Mansion * President's House, Philadelphia, Third Presidential Mansion * Germantown White House * Custis estate * Potomac Company * James River and Kanawha Canal

=== Washington and slavery ===

Washington and slavery * List of enslaved people of Mount Vernon ** Betty ** Caroline Branham ** William Costin ** West Ford ** Sarah Johnson ** Oney Judge ** Philip Lee ** William Lee ** Hercules Posey ** Christopher Sheels ** Deborah Squash ** Harry Washington

== George Washington's legacy == Legacy of George Washington * Attempted theft of George Washington's skull * Bibliography of George Washington * Conotocaurius (Town Destroyer) * Credited as the Father of the American Foxhound,<ref>{{cite web |title=Dogs |url=https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/dogs/ |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=Mountvernon.org |publisher=2022 Mount Vernon Ladies' Association}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Sarah |last=Schwartz |title=American Dogs |url=https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/american-dogs |website=www.battlefields.org |access-date=6 December 2024}}</ref> Father of His Country/Father of America * General of the Armies * George Washington's teeth * Virginia dynasty

=== Awards established by George Washington === ==== Congressional ==== * Congressional Gold Medal ==== Military ==== * Badge of Military Merit ** Purple Heart * Certificate of Merit Medal * The Papers of George Washington

=== Awards received by George Washington === * Thanks of Congress * Washington Before Boston Medal – the first Congressional Gold Medal,<ref>{{cite book|last=Loubat |first=J.F.|title= Medallic History of the United States of America |url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/21880/21880-h/21880-h.htm#page001|location=New Milford|publisher=N. Flayderman & Co., Inc.|year=1878|access-date=September 13, 2015}}</ref> presented by the Second Continental Congress.

=== Awards named in honour of George Washington === * George Washington Book Prize * George Washington Honor Medal * George Washington Spymaster Award

=== Companies and societies George Washington founded === * Honorary president, James River Company * Mountain Road Lottery * President, Potomac Company * President General, Society of the Cincinnati

=== Cultural depictions of George Washington === Cultural depictions of George Washington * Cherry-tree anecdote

==== Washington's image on money ==== thumb|United States one-dollar bill * United States one-dollar bill * Quarter coin * U.S. postage stamps * Other currency

==== Films about Washington ==== * ''George Washington'' (1984 miniseries) * ''George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation'' (1986 sequel) * ''The Crossing'' (2000 film) * ''Washington'' (2020 miniseries)

=== Memorials to and monuments of George Washington === Memorials to George Washington * Evacuation Day (New York) – mainly commemorating the end of the American Revolution, a statue of George Washington was unveiled as part of the celebrations<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8jr6vNLLYMgC&pg=PA148|title=American Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: A catalogue of works by artists born before 1865|last1=Dimmick|first1=Lauretta|last2=Hassler|first2=Donna J.|date=1999|publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art|isbn=9780870999147|pages=148|language=en}}</ref> * Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day)

==== Places ==== * Washington state * Washington, D.C. * Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington * George Washington University * George Washington Bridge * George Washington Memorial Parkway * Washington and Jefferson National Forests * Washington and Lee University * Washington College * Washington's Crossing * Washington University * Washington (tree)

==== Monuments to George Washington ==== * Mount Rushmore * Washington Masonic National Memorial * Washington Monument * Washington Monument, Baltimore * Washington Monument, Boonsboro * Washington Monument, Philadelphia

==== Statues of George Washington ==== List of statues of George Washington * ''George Washington'' – marble bust portrait by Giuseppe Ceracchi * ''George Washington'' – statue by Jean-Antoine Houdon * ''Point of View'' – statue by James A. West * Washington, D.C. statue – statue by Clark Mills * ''George Washington'' – marble statue in Trenton

==== Paintings of Washington ====

[[File:Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze, MMA-NYC, 1851.jpg|thumb|''Washington Crossing the Delaware'' by Emanuel Leutze]] * ''Athenaeum Portrait'' – unfinished painting by Gilbert Stuart * ''General George Washington at Trenton'' – portrait by John Trumbull * ''General George Washington Resigning His Commission'' – painting by John Trumbull * ''George Washington and William Lee'' – portrait by John Trumbull * ''Lansdowne portrait'' – painting by Gilbert Stuart * ''Reception to Washington on April 21, 1789, at Trenton on his way to New York to Assume the Duties of the Presidency of the United States'' – painting by Newell Convers Wyeth * ''Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States'' – painting by Howard Chandler Christy * ''The Apotheosis of Washington'' – 1865 fresco of Washington on the ceiling of the U.S. Capitol Building, by Constantino Brumidi * ''The Passage of the Delaware'' – painting by Thomas Sully * ''The Washington Family'' – portrait by Edward Savage * ''Washington and the Departure of the British Garrison from New York City'' – painting by John Trumbull * ''Washington at Princeton'' – painting by Charles Wilson Peale * ''Washington at Verplanck's Point'' – portrait by John Trumbull * ''Washington Crossing the Delaware'' (1851 paintings) – three paintings by Emanuel Leutze * ''Washington Crossing the Delaware'' (1953 painting) – painting by Larry Rivers * U.S. Postage stamps ** Washington-Franklin Issues ** 1932 bicentennial [[File:George Washington Dampfer.jpg|thumb|SS ''George Washington'''','' the largest German-built steamship at the time]]

==== Ships named in honor of George Washington ==== * USS ''George Washington'' (disambiguation) ** SS ''George Washington'' ** USS ''George Washington'' (CVN-73) * USS ''Washington'' (disambiguation) (not all are named in honor of George Washington) ** USRC ''Washington'' (1833)

== Publications about George Washington ==

Bibliography of George Washington * ''A Birthday Cake for George Washington'' * ''George Washington: An Initial Biography'' * ''His Excellency: George Washington'' * ''Leader by Destiny: George Washington, Man and Patriot '' * ''The Crossing: How George Washington Saved the American Revolution'' * ''The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation'' * ''"The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret": George Washington, Slavery and the Enslaved Community at Mount Vernon'' * ''Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring'' * ''Washington: A Life'' * ''You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington''

== References == {{reflist}} == External links == {{Sister project links|George Washington}} * [http://www.mountvernon.org/ George Washington's Mount Vernon] * [http://millercenter.org/index.php/academic/americanpresident/washington American President: George Washington (1732–1799)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014141828/http://millercenter.org/index.php/academic/americanpresident/washington |date=2008-10-14 }} at the Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia * [https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/presidents/washington/ George Washington: A Resource Guide] at the Library of Congress * [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/washington/ George Washington Resources] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060630162324/http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/washington/ |date=2006-06-30 }} at the University of Virginia Library * [http://www.shapell.org/manuscript.aspx?george-washington-potomac-river Original Digitized Letters of George Washington] Shapell Manuscript Foundation * [http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/washpap.asp The Papers of George Washington] at the Avalon Project * [https://founders.archives.gov/about/Washington The Papers of George Washington], subset of [https://founders.archives.gov/ Founders Online] from the National Archives * [https://www.nps.gov/gewa/index.htm George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Virginia] from the National Park Service * [https://www.archive.org/details/copiesofwillsofg1904wash ''Copies of the wills of General George Washington: the first president of the United States and of Martha Washington, his wife''] (1904), edited by E. R. Holbrook * {{cite web |title=What Made George Washington a Good Military Leader? |url=https://edsitement.neh.gov/curricula/what-made-george-washington-good-military-leader |work=EDSITEment: Lesson Plans |publisher=National Endowment for the Humanities}}  * {{Gutenberg author | id=Washington,+George | name=George Washington}} * {{Librivox author |id=354 |title=George Washington}} * [http://www.shapell.org/Collection/Presidents/Washington-George George Washington Personal Manuscripts]

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