George Washington became the first president of the Unites States in 1789, he was unanimously chosen. During the time that George Washington was president he established many roles and traditions that still stand today. He helped create and lead the formation of the US government. He formed the very first presidential cabinet right with Thomas Jefferson the secretary of state and Alexander Hamilton the secretary of the Treasury. In 1796, after two terms as president and declining to serve a third term, Washington finally retired after 8 years of presidency. He thought it was important for a president to not become dominant or to rule for too long. Washington returned to Mount Vernon and dedicated his attention to making the plantation as productive as it had been before he became president. More than four decades of public service had matured him, but he was still a commanding …show more content…
He was really sick and that the cold had developed into a throat infection and Washington died on the night of December 14 at the age of 67. Washington left one of the most remained legacies of any American in the whole entire history. Now George Washington’s face appears on the U.S. dollar bill and quarter, also he appears in hundreds of U.S. schools and towns, the national capital city, are named after him.
All the things that George Washington did in his life, he did them with such great passion, that’s what made him a great leader, president, general, a father, and a great husband. Of course he wasn’t perfect, no one is perfect, but in what George believed, that was enough, he believed in equal rights, and individual. The way he made people feel when he gave them a voice made people admire him more, he really valued them, that’s why there is much respect on the way he