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George Washington was a military general before he was president. He was the commander of America's military during the French and indiam war. Because of his fine qualities, he was nominated president.

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Just before he became president, George Washington was a farmer. Prior to that he was a surveyor, a profession he taught himself at age 16. He was hired at age 16 by Sir Fairfax of Virginia to survey Fairfax's lands west of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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As a young man, George Washington trained to be a surveyor and worked in the wilderness mapping the course of the Ohio river and the Shenandoah valley, but when George was 20 his brother died and he inherited the huge mount Vernon plantation and then he owned that.

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He was a surveyor in his early years. Later he ran the plantation which he inherited.

He served as an officer in the French and Indian War and later as the commander in chief of the colonial army.

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Surveyor, general of the revolutionary army, farmer

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Surveyor, Plantation owner and Officer in British Army

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Planter and land owner, surveyor and distiller, experienced military officer

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Aside from being General of the Continental Army during the American Revolution, he was a surveyor.

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