George Washington for Kids

strap in for a fun trip into history because in this video we are going to learn about George Washington but first we would love to hear from you miss caulk wharfs third-grade class from Everett Washington watched our video on the brain and said thank you for teaching us one of our favorite parts was the kiddies on the piano keys we are glad you enjoyed it especially the part with the kittens they are super cute we also heard from nine-year-old Marissa from North Carolina who said I love math thanks for teaching me addition it's so cool you love math and it sounds like you did a great job learning kids comments are always fun be sure and watch this video to the end to learn how you too could be featured on one of our videos well as we mentioned earlier in this video we are going to learn about an important man in American history George Washington George Washington was a military general and led the American colonists to victory in the American Revolution he was a founding father of the United States meaning he was one of the people who started the United States of America and he served as the first president of the United States the very first President of the United States let's look at his life to see how George Washington helped start the United States of America it starts in 1732 oh that was a long time ago George Washington was born in the colony of Virginia in 1732 now when George Washington was born the colony of Virginia was part of Great Britain in fact all of the American colonies were part of Great Britain this is what the British flag looked like during George Washington's lifetime it looked pretty similar to what it looks like today the colony of Virginia the place where George Washington grew up belonged to Great Britain now a lot of people have wondered what George Washington was like as a kid right but George Washington didn't share many details about his childhood there is a popular legend about George Washington when he was six years old it's an interesting one the legend says that George Washington received an axe for his birthday and used it on one of his dad's cherry trees oh it's a weird gift to get for your sixth birthday when his dad found out that his cherry tree was damaged by young George George was briefed and told his dad the truth saying I cannot tell alive this legend is one of the most famous legends in American history the legend was written by this guy a man named parson Weems that's an interesting name he was the first person to write a biography on George Washington after he died most historians believe this story was made up by partisan whims even though it was made up it is a legend that many people think of when they think of George Washington one thing we know for sure about George's childhood is that his dad died when George was just 11 years old after his dad died George spent some time living with his half-brother named Lawrence at a place called Mount Vernon the plantation owned by Lawrence living with his half-brother Lawrence George was able to learn how to surveil and to surveil and is to figure out the distance between different parts of a piece of land usually to figure out how big a piece of land is someone who surveys land is called a land surveyor in order to be a land surveyor you have to know a lot of math George Washington had to use his math skills to serve a land as he got older people paid him to survey their land and he had to use math skills every time he did it this is pretty cool here is a picture of a land survey done by George Washington himself oh my goodness he had fancy handwriting this is so sad he may have continued working as a surveyor if it weren't for another tragedy in his life nine years after his dad died George's half-brother Lawrence got sick and died - George was 20 years old when Lawrence died two years later when George was just 22 years old he became the full owner of Mount Vernon now we didn't mention this earlier but Lawrence had been a military general for the British in the Virginia militia remember the colony of Virginia like the other American colonies belonged to Great Britain George decided to follow in his footsteps and became a major in the Virginia militia this was a big deal especially for someone as young as George was and it didn't take long for George Washington to be put to the test the governor of Virginia sent George Washington on a special mission to tell the French to leave an area called the Ohio Valley they didn't like that and they made it clear they would not leave the Ohio Valley and one year later George Washington led hundreds of soldiers in an event that would start the French and Indian War the French and Indian War made George Washington famous he wrote about his experiences and became well known not just in the colonies but also across the Atlantic Ocean in Great Britain the French and Indian War not only made George Washington famous but it also gave him military experience that he would later need during the American Revolution after the war George was not offered a placement in the regular British Army which must have been so frustrating after all he did and he returned to his plantation remember called Mount Vernon he got married to a lady named Martha and started a family at Mount Vernon so he settled down and that might have been the end of his story but he also got involved in politics which would put him at the right place at the right time after years of being a politician in Virginia in 1774 George Washington was chosen to be a delegate of Virginia in the First Continental Congress a delegate is someone who is sent to represent other people Virginia trusted George Washington to represent their interests it was really cool [Music] George Washington was frustrated with how the colonies were being treated by Great Britain just like so many other colonists many of their rights were taken away by laws called the Intolerable Acts colonists called then the Intolerable Acts because they weren't able to take it they were intolerable well in 1775 the American Revolutionary War began in the Second Continental Congress decided to set up their own army called the Continental Army they selected George Washington as the commander of the Continental Army it made sense he not only had a lot of experience as a general in the French and Indian War but he also wanted the American colonies to be independent and free from Great Britain George Washington accepted the position but he refused to get paid to serve as commander of the Continental Army that's right he wanted to volunteer and serve without any cost to the American colonies what a nice guy so he got to work George Washington trained and prepared the Continental Army for battle he wanted to make sure they were ready and helped them become a better stronger army and here was his job if you will George Washington helped come up with battle plans led the Continental Army in many battles and helped the Continental Army run like a well-organized unit and he was a great commander part of what made him a great commander was he was not afraid to take risks for example in one of the most famous moments in the Revolutionary War George Washington led troops across the Delaware River to do a surprise attack on December 25th in 1776 that was Christmas night oh my goodness even though the water was icy and dangerous George Washington knew would be a great surprise attack everyone was like George too much ice too much ice but they pressed on and it was a big victory for the Continental Army George Washington eventually led the Continental Army to victory with help from the French the Americans defeated the British after winning the Revolutionary War the American colonies began setting up their brand new government and really to no one's surprise George Washington was picked to lead the Constitutional Convention that established order in the new government and of course because he was presiding over everything George Washington signed the Constitution then when it came time to elect officials the American people decided there was no better man to serve as the very first president of the United States than George Washington himself he was elected president in the first national election in 1789 after he was sworn in as president of the United States he went to live in Philadelphia Philadelphia was the temporary capital of the United States this is a picture of the house he lived in while he was president now of course this was before the White House was built this is the house in Philadelphia that George Washington lived in before we keep talking about George Washington as president we have a random fun fact about George Washington for you did you know that George Washington didn't wear a wig that's right that was always his own hair huh he grew long and would just pull it back the reason his hair always looked white was because he powdered his hair must have thought it looked awesome so if anyone ever asks you for a cool random fact let them know that George Washington didn't wear a wig guess he didn't need one it's shocking isn't it mr. whiskers it's just crazy he didn't wear a wagon and wear a wig all right well back to George Washington as president as we mentioned earlier he was living in Philadelphia which was the temporary capital of the United States which is interesting and as you might imagine as neat as being the first president sounds it was really difficult and challenging there were many issues that needed fixing you know being a brand-new nation and all but George Washington worked hard to give the United States a strong start in the second national election George Washington was elected president for the second time he refused to run a third time and started the tradition by most presidents of serving no more than two terms can you spot President George Washington in this picture yeah he's right there right there not only did George Washington help the American colonies win their independence and become a new nation but George Washington also served as the first president of the United States that is why George Washington is often called the father of his country sadly George Washington wasn't able to see much of what America would become he became sick and died in 1799 at Mount Vernon George Washington made a huge impact and he is celebrated and honored all around us the capital of the United States Washington DC was named after George Washington the Washington Monument in Washington DC was built to honor the memory of George Washington the father of the United States we see George Washington honored on our money like the dollar bill dollar bills are super cool and George Washington is on all of them he is also on the quarter George Washington is on the front of every single quarter even the state quarters and of course George Washington is on Mount Rushmore it's the amazing sculpture that was carved right into the granite of a mountain in South Dakota Wow he is featured on many other sculptures but this is the biggest and most famous what a life George Washington lived here just a couple of his accomplishments he was a general in the French and Indian War he was the commander of the Continental Army and he was the first president of the United States what was your favorite fact about George Washington it would be so cool if you could take a moment and comment below let us know if you don't have a favorite fact let us know if you thought his hair looked cool okay I remember he didn't wear a leg thanks for hanging out with us we hope you had a lot of fun learning about George Washington [Music] so you made it to the end of the video you are awesome remember the kids comments we promised you we would share how you too could be featured on one of our videos with the help of an adult leave your first name age and where you are from along with a comment you can share a joke a silly message or just 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Length: 17min 33sec (1053 seconds)

Published: Sun Feb 03 2019