Nonku phiri biography of george washington for kids

Raymond Chikapa Enock Phiri (23 March – 12 July ) was a South African jazz, fusion and mbaqanga musician born in Mpumalanga to Thabethe Phiri.

American Revolutionary War. The Washington family was a wealthy Virginia family. George Washington also had four half siblings from his father's first marriage. His father was a justice of the peace and a prominent public figure who had four additional children from his first marriage to Jane Butler. Washington did not have the formal education his elder brothers received at Appleby Grammar School in England, but he did learn mathematics , trigonometry , and land surveying.

He was a talented draftsman and map-maker. Washington became a farmer like his father. His farm was called Mount Vernon. He also worked as a surveyor , measuring land. Washington always wanted to be a soldier and was active in the colonial militia of Virginia. He was sent several times to the "forks of the Ohio River ," now called Pittsburgh. His job was to get rid of the French who were trying to take control of the Ohio River Valley.

He failed and many of his men were killed. In , Washington was elected to the Virginia legislature. In , Washington married a widow named Martha Custis. The marriage produced no children. Washington was a delegate to the First Continental Congress , which was created by the Thirteen Colonies to respond to various laws passed by the British government.