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He later transferred to the adjutancy of Virginia’s Northern Neck and Eastern Shore with the responsibility of training the Northern District’s militiamen.

In October 1753 Washington volunteered to investigate reports of French encroachments on Virginia’s western frontier that threatened the interests of the colony’s great land speculators.

He had only a short time left to enjoy life at Mount Vernon, and Washington died with the eighteenth century. To defray these expenses, the British Parliament passed a series of new taxation measures on its colonies, which were still much lower than those paid by citizens in England. It is impossible to imagine the creation of the United States without him.

Yet, Washington’s life also embodies the complicated founding that shapes our society today.

His wealth, produced by slavery, made possible his decades of public service. Although Washington himself was not satisfied with its terms, he was realistic enough to understand that it was the best that could then be negotiated and it did remove some major irritants from Anglo-American relations. He took the oath of office on April 30, 1789.

As the first president, Washington literally crafted the office from scratch, which was an accomplishment that cannot be overstated because every decision was an opportunity for failure.

The same rigorous sense of duty that saw him through the Revolutionary War compelled the fifty-seven-year-old Washington to take the presidential oath of office on 30 April 1789 in the new federal capital of New York City. That same year he was elected by the first Virginia Convention as a delegate to the First Continental Congress, which adopted Virginia’s program of economic coercion against the mother country.

Instead, Washington spent many of his formative years under the tutelage of Lawrence, his favorite older brother. Unsurprisingly, when the state leaders began discussing government reform a few years later, they knew Washington’s participation was essential for success.

In 1786, the Virginia legislature nominated a slate of delegates to represent the state at the Constitutional Convention.

As the third son of a middling planter, George probably should have been relegated to a footnote in a history book.

He has held positions in Church Music leadership and advisory to many congregations in Africa and the United States.

Newlove is one of few native Africans with compositions in international hymnals, such as "Zion Still Sings", published by Abingdon Press for the United Methodist Church in 2007; the Methodist Praise, published by the Methodist Church Ghana and the Presbyterian Church Tunes Book, published by the Presbyterian Church of Ghana.

Although he was unanimously elected to a second term as president, the nation was anything but united behind him. His end came suddenly on 14 December 1799 and the outpouring of grief over his death was widespread and sincere. At home, the president called out the militia to put down an uprising in western Pennsylvania against Hamilton’s new excise tax on distilled spirits.

The small and ill-supplied United States Army suffered two disastrous defeats against Northwestern Indian nations. His mission marked the start of the Seven Years’ War.

Washington then joined General Edward Braddock’s official family as an aide-de-camp. Lawrence’s death in 1752 again changed George’s plans. He lost more battles than he won and at times had to hold the army together with sheer will, but ultimately emerged victorious in 1783 when the Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War.

Washington’s success as a commander derived from three factors.

In terms of national music, Newlove Annan is one of the serious post independent composers of Ghana who intentionally pursues Pan-Africanism through composition.

He is currently the director of the Institute of Church Music.

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