Post by Spartan on Feb 13, 2008 20:50:45 GMT -5
{General Information}
Name: George Washington
Nicknames: None
Gender: Male
Age: 44
Association: American Loyalist
Occupation: None
Rank: General
{Appearance Information}
Complexion: White
Height: 6'2
Weight: 180 Lbs
Hair: Gray
Eye: Brown
Picture:
Celebrity Face: None
{Personal Information}
Personality: Congressman Henry Lee, a Revolutionary War comrade and father of the Civil War general Robert E. Lee, famously eulogized Washington as:
First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen, he was second to none in humble and enduring scenes of private life. Pious, just, humane, temperate, and sincere; uniform, dignified, and commanding; his example was as edifying to all around him as were the effects of that example lasting…Correct throughout, vice shuddered in his presence and virtue always felt his fostering hand. The purity of his private character gave effulgence to his public virtues…Such was the man for whom our nation mourns.
Likes: Washington likes his soldiers to be brave and fearless in the defense of their homes and under the command of their commanders.Washington also enjoys Brazil Nuts,which is the reason he has lost some of his teeth.He also likes a bit of Ale and Whiskey as he would later own and distill them from one of his unprofitable farms.
Hobbies: Washington is a great home decorator and in later life he would distill alchohal.He owns a plantation in Virginia which he farms and where he lives.
Hates: Washington dislikes defeat.To see his men lay dead is not what any commander wants.He also dislikes selling his slaves without their consent,as it breaks up families.
Fears: Washington has very little or no fears.As a man who has faced cannons,war,death,muskets,and defeat would be hard to frighten.
Strengths: Commanding,Strategy,Polotics,Combat
Weaknesses: Naval Command
{History Information}
Birthday: Feburary 22,1732
Birthplace: Westmoreland County,Virginia
Family: Martha(Wife),John(Son),Patsy(Daughter)
Background: George Washington was the first President of the United States,after leading the Continental Army to victory over the Kingdom of Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War.
Washington was chosen to be the commander-in-chief of the American revolutionary forces in 1775. The following year, he forced the British out of Boston, but was defeated when he lost New York City later that year. He revived the patriot cause, however, by crossing the Delaware River in New Jersey and defeating the surprised enemy units. As a result of his strategy, Revolutionary forces captured the two main British combat armies — Saratoga and Yorktown. Negotiating with Congress, the colonial states, and French allies, he held together a tenuous army and a fragile nation amid the threats of disintegration and failure. Following the end of the war in 1783, Washington retired to his plantation on Mount Vernon.
Alarmed in the late 1780s at the many weaknesses of the new nation under the Articles of Confederation, he presided over the Philadelphia Convention that drafted the United States Constitution in 1787. Washington became President of the United States in 1789 and established many of the customs and usages of the new government's executive department. He sought to create a great nation capable of surviving in a world torn asunder by war between Britain and France. His Proclamation of Neutrality of 1793 provided a basis for avoiding any involvement in foreign conflicts. He supported plans to build a strong central government by funding the national debt, implementing an effective tax system, and creating a national bank. Washington avoided the temptation of war and began a decade of peace with Britain via the Jay Treaty in 1795; he used his prestige to get it ratified over intense opposition from the Jeffersonians. Although never officially joining the Federalist Party, he supported its programs and was its inspirational leader. Washington's farewell address was a primer on republican virtue and a stern warning against involvement in foreign wars.
Washington is seen as a symbol of the United States and republicanism in practice.His devotion to civic virtue made him an exemplary figure among early American politicians.Washington died in 1799, and in his funeral oration, Henry Lee said that of all Americans, he was "first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." Washington has been consistently ranked by scholars as one of the greatest U.S. Presidents.
{Other Information}
Important Things: General of The Coninental Army
Anything Else: None
Sample RP Post: George Washington sat atop his horse as he and his army made their way down a dirt rode towards New York.Washington was to meet the other Officers there to attack the City and defeat the Redcoats there.Washington became worried over the idea of defeat as he continued his journey...
{Your Information}
Name/Alias: Matt
Age: 15
Other Characters: None
Password: red herring