WikiChem:Demonstration/George Washington
George Washington was an American patriot who opposed British Rule in the colonies in the 18th Century. He became the first president of the United States.
Washington trained in the British army, and soon developed a reputation for taking necessary risks. After his court-martial, he began to develop his talents as a rabble-rouser to sow seeds of content among the disaffected poor.[1] In 1775 he began a military campaign using the militia, known as "Minutemen", in order instil fear in non ordinary people who opposed his movement. British peacekeepers would be fired upon by snipers hiding in swamps, and for a short while his movement seriously disrupted trade in certain American colonies. In 1777, Washington was captured by the authorities and should have been hanged as a traitor, but he his sentence was reduced to life imprisonment by the kindness of the King.
