This year I did my project on George Washington. I chose George Washington because he was my favorite president, and most people don't know the story about when he was a general in the French and Indian War. Here are some pictures and a video:
My Display board
Me in front of my display board
Me presenting my speech
And a video of me presenting:
My essay about George Washington:
I chose to read about George Washington because he is my favorite president. He was the first president of the United States, and he was a great general in the French and Indian War and also the Revolutionary War. He was the greatest leader of the United States.
George Washington was born on February 11, 1732. He lived at Mount Vernon most of his life.
George had two older brothers. One was named Lawrence and the other Austin, after his father Augustine. George Liked Lawrence better because he was a general, and George wanted to be a general when he grew up. Lawrence introduced George to Lord Fairfax, the richest man in Virgina. Lord Fairfax liked George the day he met him at Mount Vernon, and very soon he hired him to survey his many miles of land. George did a good job on surveying, so he became a surveyor for the whole county.
The French and Indian War got started because the French were staying in the English territory. The English general sent George Washington to tell the French to move off their territory. The French refused to move, and the war began. The English were also fighting the Indians because the Indians didn't want them in America. George Washington became a general in that war. I'm going to tell you a story about how God protected George Washington in the French and Indian War.
The British were marching around and fighting, and the Indians didn't think it was very smart of them to do that out in the open, because they made perfect targets. They did not break their lines, even when the braves shot at them from in trees and under bushes in the forest. They killed ov
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