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George I | |
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Emperor of America | |
Reign | April 30, 1789 - January 14, 1805 |
Coronation | September 7, 1789 |
Predecessor | George III (as King of America) |
Successor | Thomas I |
Born | February 22, 1732 Popes Creek, Virginia Colony, British America |
Died | January 14, 1805 (aged 72) White House, Washington D.C., American Empire |
Spouse | Martha Dandridge |
House | Washington (founder) |
Father | Augustine Washington |
Religion | Protestant |
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George I was an American Founding Father, military officer, and politician who reigned as the first Emperor of America from 1789 to his death in 1805. 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 and 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".
Washington's first public office, from 1749 to 1750, was as surveyor of Culpeper County in the Colony of Virginia. In 1752, he received military training and was granted the rank of major in the Virginia Regiment. During the French and Indian War, Washington was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1754 and subsequently became head of the Virginia Regiment in 1755. He was later elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses and was named a delegate to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, which appointed him commander-in-chief of the Continental Army. Washington led American forces to a decisive victory over the British in the Revolutionary War, leading the British to sign the Treaty of Paris, which acknowledged the sovereignty and independence of the United States. He resigned his commission in 1783 after the conclusion of the Revolutionary War.
List of Emperors
Name | Image | Reign start | Reign end | Death |
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George I | April 30, 1789 | January 14, 1805 | ||
Thomas I | May 3, 1805 | July 4, 1826 | ||
Andrew I | August 7, 1826 | June 8, 1845 | ||
James I | June 29, 1845 | June 15, 1854 | ||
James II | July 17, 1854 | March 4, 1861
(impeached) |
June 1, 1868 |