Outline of George Washington

Portrait of George Washington c. 1803

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to George Washington:

George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was a Founding Father of the United States, military officer, and farmer who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Second Continental Congress as commander of the Continental Army in 1775, Washington led Patriot forces to victory in the American Revolutionary War. He then served as president of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, which drafted the current Constitution of the United States. Washington has thus become commonly known as the "Father of His Country".

Military career of George Washington

Military career of George Washington

• George Washington in the French and Indian War
  • Battle of Jumonville Glen
  • Battle of Fort Necessity
  • Braddock Expedition
  • Battle of the Monongahela
  • Forbes Expedition
• George Washington in the American Revolution
  • Commander-in-chief, Continental Army
  • Boston campaign
    • Siege of Boston
  • New York and New Jersey campaign
    • Landing at Kip's Bay
    • Battle of Long Island
    • Battle of Harlem Heights
    • Battle of White Plains
    • Battle of Fort Washington
    • Battle of Fort Lee
    • Crossing of the Delaware River
    • Battle of Trenton
    • Battle of the Assunpink Creek
    • Battle of Princeton
    • Forage War
  • Philadelphia campaign
    • Battle of Brandywine
    • Battle of the Clouds
    • Battle of Germantown
    • Battle of White Marsh
    • Valley Forge
    • Battle of Monmouth
  • Battles of Saratoga
  • Yorktown campaign
    • Siege of Yorktown
  • Culper spy ring
  • Newburgh Conspiracy
    • Newburgh letter
  • Established the Badge of Military Merit
    • Purple Heart
  • Washington's Aides-de-Camp
    • Alexander Hamilton
    • John Laurens
    • John Trumbull
  • Washington's Headquarters during the Revolutionary War
    • Morristown
    • Ford Mansion
  • Washington's horses
    • Nelson
    • Blueskin
• Northwest Indian War
• Whiskey Rebellion

Political career of George Washington

Political philosophy and views of George Washington

• Presidential library
• The Washington Papers
• Religious views of George Washington
• Town Destroyer
• George Washington and slavery

Electoral history of George Washington

Electoral history of George Washington

• 1788–89 United States presidential election
• 1792 United States presidential election

Washington's role in the founding of the United States

See also: Military career of George Washington

Founding Fathers of the United States

• 1769 Virginia Association
• 1774 Fairfax Resolves
• First Continental Congress
• Continental Association
• 1785 Mount Vernon Conference
• Chairman of the 1787 Constitutional Convention
• Court of Appeals in Cases of Capture

Presidency of George Washington

Presidency of George Washington

Events during George Washington's presidency

• First inauguration of George Washington
  • Inaugural bible
• Title of "Mr. President"
• Cabinet of the United States
  • Secretary of State
  • Attorney General
  • Secretary of the Treasury
  • Secretary of War
• Washington's cabinet
• Judiciary Act of 1789
• Thanksgiving Proclamation
• Residence Act
• Nonintercourse Act
• Whiskey Rebellion
  • Militia Acts of 1792
• Coinage Act of 1792
  • United States Mint
• Second inauguration of George Washington
• Slave Trade Act of 1794
• Proclamation of Neutrality
  • Neutrality Act of 1794
• Jay Treaty
• Pinckney's Treaty
• List of federal judges appointed by George Washington
• People pardoned or granted clemency by George Washington

George Washington's notable speeches

• First Inaugural Address (1789)
• 1790 State of the Union Address
• 1791 State of the Union Address
• 1792 State of the Union Address
• Second Inaugural Address (1793)
• 1793 State of the Union Address
• 1794 State of the Union Address
• 1795 State of the Union Address
• 1796 State of the Union Address
• Farewell Address

Personal life of George Washington

• Religious views of George Washington
• George Washington and slavery

Family of George Washington

Coat of arms of the Washington family: Shield

Washington family

• John Washington (great-grandfather)
• Lawrence Washington (grandfather)
• Augustine Washington (father)
• Mary Ball (mother)
• Martha Washington (wife)
• Samuel Washington (brother)
• John A. Washington (brother)
• Charles Washington (brother)
• Betty Washington Lewis (sister)
• Lawrence Washington (half-brother)
• Bushrod Washington (nephew)
• Augustine Washington Jr. (half-brother)
• John Parke Custis (stepson)
• George Washington Parke Custis (step-grandson, adopted son)
• Eleanor Parke Custis (step-granddaughter, adopted daughter)

Mount Vernon, former residence and plantation of George Washington

Homes and places

• Early life
• Birthplace
• Ferry Farm boyhood home
• Mount Vernon
  • Gristmill
  • Woodlawn Plantation
• Samuel Osgood House, First Presidential Mansion
• Alexander Macomb House, Second Presidential Mansion
• President's House, Philadelphia
• Germantown White House
• Custis estate
• Potomac Company
• James River and Kanawha Canal
• Mountain Road Lottery
• President-General of the Society of the Cincinnati

George Washington's legacy

Legacy of George Washington

• Bibliography of George Washington
• Congressional Gold Medal
• General of the Armies
• Thanks of Congress
• The Papers of George Washington
• Purple Heart

Cultural depictions of George Washington

Cultural depictions of George Washington

• George Washington on U.S. postage stamps

• Washington's image on money

  

  United States one-dollar bill

  • United States one-dollar bill
  • Quarter
  • List of United States Presidents on currency#George Washington
• Films about Washington
  • George Washington (1984 miniseries}
  • George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation (1986 sequel)
  • The Crossing (2000 film)
  • Washington (2020 miniseries)

Memorials to and monuments of George Washington

Memorials to George Washington

• Presidents' Day

• Places
  • Washington state
  • Washington, D.C.
  • George Washington University
  • George Washington Bridge
  • George Washington Memorial Parkway
  • Washington and Jefferson National Forests
  • Washington and Lee University
  • Washington College
  • Washington University

• Monuments and statues
  • Mount Rushmore
  • Washington Masonic National Memorial
  • Washington Monument
  • Washington Monument, Baltimore
  • George Washington – marble bust portrait by Giuseppe Ceracchi
  • George Washington – statue by Jean-Antoine Houdon
  • Point of View – statue by James A. West
  • Washington, D.C. statue – statue by Clark Mills

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  Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze

  Paintings of Washington
  • Athenaeum Portrait – unfinished painting by Gilbert Stuart
  • General George Washington at Trenton – portrait by John Trumbull
  • Lansdowne portrait – painting by Gilbert Stuart
  • The Apotheosis of Washington – fresco by Constantino Brumidi
  • The Washington Family – portrait by Edward Savage
  • Washington at Princeton – painting by Charles Wilson Peale
  • Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851 paintings) – three paintings by Emanuel Leutze
  • Washington Crossing the Delaware (1953 painting) – painting by Larry Rivers
• U.S. Postage stamps
  • Washington-Franklin Issues
  • 1932 bicentennial

Publications about George Washington

Bibliography of George Washington

• A Birthday Cake for George Washington
• George Washington: An Initial Biography
• His Excellency: George Washington
• Leader by Destiny: George Washington, Man and Patriot
• The Crossing: How George Washington Saved the American Revolution
• The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation
• "The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret": George Washington, Slavery and the Enslaved Community at Mount Vernon
• Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring
• Washington: A Life
• You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington

See also

• 1st President of the United States, 1789–1797
• Senior Officer of the Army, 1798–1799
• Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, 1775–1783
• Second Continental Congress, 1775
• First Continental Congress, 1774
• Founding Fathers of the United States
• Republicanism
• Federalist Party
  • Federalist Era
• Virginia dynasty
• Coat of arms
• Cherry-tree anecdote
• River Farm
• Washington's Crossing
• 1751 Barbados trip
• Syng inkstand
• American Philosophical Society
• American Revolution
  • Patriots
• Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
• List of statues of George Washington
• Outline of the American Revolutionary War

External links

• George Washington's Mount Vernon
• American President: George Washington (1732–1799) at the Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia
• George Washington: A Resource Guide at the Library of Congress
• George Washington Resources at the University of Virginia Library
• Original Digitized Letters of George Washington Shapell Manuscript Foundation
• The Papers of George Washington at the Avalon Project
• The Papers of George Washington, subset of Founders Online from the National Archives
• George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Virginia from the National Park Service
• Copies of the wills of General George Washington: the first president of the United States and of Martha Washington, his wife (1904), edited by E. R. Holbrook
• "What Made George Washington a Good Military Leader?". EDSITEment: Lesson Plans. National Endowment for the Humanities.
• Works by George Washington at Project Gutenberg
• Works by George Washington at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
• George Washington Personal Manuscripts