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George Washington was born on February 22,1732. He was born on his family estate just off the south bank of the Potomac River near the mouth of the Pope's Creek in Wetmoreland County,Virginia. Washington's farther Augustine Washington died when he was 11 years old. Washington was from Westmoreland County Virginia. When Washington a kid chopped down his farther's cherry tree and he told his farther `` I cutted down the tree, I can't tell a lie.'' When his brother died Washington took over Mount Vernon. Washington was 22 years old when the governor sent him as a young officer, but he was an able and brave soldier for surving our county. At the age 15, he began work as a surveryor to help our county. In 1753, Washington carried a message to the French in Ohio warning them to pull back their forces. General George Washington The First Amendment: They were trying to freedom for their troops and freedom for their assembly. To keep the US troops at home. Britain tried to make their colonist house soldiers at their homes. Passed bills of rights to congress. Every single state get a first amendment.