Immigrant colonial policy

Washington, the founder of the United States of America

As we all know, the capital of the United States is Washington, which is located on the Potomac River on the Atlantic coast. In fact, there was no such city in the United States before 1800. It was specially established by the American people to commemorate George Washington, the father of the American nation, from which we can see how lofty he is in the eyes of the American people.

On February 22nd, George Washington was born into a planter's family in Virginia. He lost his father when he was a child and only inherited a small amount of land and 10 slaves. /kloc-went to the west as a land surveyor at the age of 0/6, and later led the land sales in the Ohio Valley. Through his own efforts, Washington became a famous local planter.

At that time, Britain and France fought a protracted war for the North American colonies. In order to defeat France, Britain tried its best to win the support of the big plantation owners in North America. 1754, the governor of Virginia promised to give 200,000 acres of land to the rich who participated in the anti-French war. Washington took an active part in Britain's war against France, commanded Virginia local armed forces to fight bravely and made many meritorious deeds, and assisted the British army to drive the French army out of North America. However, after the war, Britain immediately turned its face and declared that the western land was privately owned by the royal family and was not allowed to be reclaimed. This ban caused Washington to lose more than 30,000 acres of land at once, and since then, he has become a staunch opponent of British colonial policy.

On April 1775 and 19, the people of Boston fired the first shot against British colonial rule in Lexington, and the people of North America responded in succession, and the vigorous American War of Independence broke out.

1June 775 13 The British colonies in North America held a "Continental Congress" in Philadelphia, and Washington was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army. At this time, the Boston Rebels were fighting fiercely with the British. Washington immediately set off on horseback and arrived in Boston on July 3. He personally went to the front to direct the battle, which dealt a heavy blow to the British army.

In the early days of the war, American troops fought very hard. Most of them are farmers recruited temporarily, dressed in rags, unarmed and without formal military training. They are nothing like an army. On the other hand, the logistics supply of the US military is extremely difficult. Soldiers often don't have enough food and warm clothes. Sometimes they can't eat bread for five or six days in a row, so they have to eat horse food. In the cold winter, many soldiers have to March barefoot.

On the contrary, their opponents, the British, are well-equipped, well-trained and well-supplied. As a result, the U.S. military retreated repeatedly, and new york and other fortresses fell one after another. By September 1777, even the capital Philadelphia was occupied by the British, and some weak-willed generals led their troops to surrender to the British.

Under the extremely severe situation, Washington has always been loyal to the independent cause of the North American people and has never wavered. With extraordinary talent, he organized the American army, which was originally loose and lacked organizational discipline and unified command, grew up in the battle and gradually established a strong regular army. He encouraged American soldiers and called on them to fight for freedom, pointing out: Americans are either free or slaves; Whether our land should be owned by ourselves or plundered or destroyed; Two roads, one is brave resistance and the other is taming, both of which are in front of the soldiers of the independent army.

He tried to unite the States to fight together. 1777 10, the American army defeated the British army in Sarato, thus reversing the whole situation of the War of Independence. At the same time, in order to isolate Britain, the United States launched diplomatic activities in various ways to win assistance from France and other countries. 1in June 778, French warships entered the United States, and the British army was forced to retreat from Philadelphia and turned its main attack direction to the south. 1780, the British army transferred its main force to the southern port city of Yorktown. French and American troops went hand in hand and approached Yorktown. The French army blocked the harbor with the navy, cut off the British sea supply line and cut off the British retreat. Washington led a frontal assault.

178 1 In September, the British commander-in-chief Kang Hua led more than a thousand people to surrender to Washington, and the American War of Independence won the final victory.

After the victory of the War of Independence, Washington returned to Virginia to continue to run his own plantation and enjoy a quiet pastoral life under a green forest full of vines and fig trees. 1787, Washington came out again, presided over the constitutional convention and formulated the world's first bourgeois constitution. 1789 In April, Washington was elected as the first president of the United States.

After eight years as president of the United States, he vowed not to be re-elected and resolutely returned to Mount Vernon to live a civilian life. 1799 12 14, Washington died.

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