George Washington (February 22, 1732 - December 14, 1799) Military man who was the first President of the United States (1789 - 1797) and Commander in Chief of the Continental Army of the revolutionary forces in the American Revolutionary War United (1775-1783).
Washington began winning trophies, arming troops from Virginia (United States) to support the British Empire during the French and Indian War (1754-1763), a conflict he inadvertently helped start. After leading the American victory in the Revolutionary War, he resigned his military commissions and returned to the life of a planter, an act that brought him even more renown. In 1787, he presided over the Philadelphia Convention that outlined the Constitution of the United States of America, and in 1789, he was unanimously elected the first president of the United States. His two terms in office established many policies and traditions that exist to this day. Before the end of his term, Washington withdrew again to civilian life, establishing an important precedent of peaceful change of government that has served as an example not only in the United States but also in other future republics.
In 1793 he founded the new federal capital, named Washington in his honor, although the presidential residence would not be moved there until the time of his successor in office, John Adams. Washington voluntarily renounced being elected for a third term (for which he would not have lacked support), considering that the perpetuation of a president in power would be detrimental to the constitutional regime of liberties; He thus established a custom only broken by Franklin D. Roosevelt.